Reply To: Focus fusion and transportation

[Rematog]

Bye the Bye,

“Engineering dogma” (codes such as ASME, ASTM, various Electrical Codes) and the fire codes (NFPA) were created to save lives. Look up early 20th century boiler explosions (an example being the Grover Shoe Factory disaster) and fires (such as the Triangle factory, or the more recent Hamlet chicken processing plant fire). Yes, we may be a bit conservative, but remember engineering is based much more on empirical knowledge then on theoretical science. And people are hurt or killed when we make a serious underestimation of the perversity of nature.

A Licenced Professional Engineer, such as myself, has a duty to protect the public, just as a medical doctor has his oath. So when you go to bed tonight, in a house with a water heater (look up water heater explosions), be thankful for engineering dogma and fire codes.

Rematog