Massive Earthquake Hits North East Tokyo

Yeah, no.

timothy leary wrote: Epignosis wrote: Mr ProgFreak wrote: Well, even if there is no meltdown, this will certainly cause a lot more sentiment against nuclear plants around the world. Which is too bad.  People want us to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels, and yet irrationally fear a much cleaner, more sustainable alternative that carries far fewer risks than critics are willing to admit. Sure looks risky about now

I know, it seemed like maybe maybe there was some hope for nuclear power becoming acceptable (or at least explored) and now that is probably dashed. It really is a shame, its cleaner, and safer, than people seem to realize, especially if some more research was put into it. I've been a fan of nuclear power for a few years now.

As for looking risky...it's not THE answer for the world Tim but it is a good one.
Also we could you know, not build nuclear plants in earthquake sensitive areas...

timothy leary wrote: We could also take these big man made natural disasters as a wake up call

timothy leary wrote: What a stupid answer and hardly an excuse, a place where 4 tectonic plates come together with more active volcanoes than any other place on earth

I'm impressed that we cause the shifting of tectonic plates and volcanic eruptions.  We must be gods or something.

I think Rob meant that the earthquake and resulting tsunami were not man-made.

timothy leary wrote: I think Rob is a string puller who likes to play games with semantics

Like no one else does that, that's all anyone ever does here.

Forget I mentioned it.
I want nothing to do with the derailment and closure of this thread, especially over some internet debating about energy while there is a country in disaster....

Start a nuclear power thread


Edited by JJLehto - March 16 2011 at 15:09

Padraic wrote: JJLehto wrote: timothy leary wrote: I think Rob is a string puller who likes to play games with semantics Like no one else does that, that's all anyone ever does here. Forget I mentioned it. I want nothing to do with the derailment and closure of this thread, especially over some internet debating about energy while there is a country in disaster.... Start a nuclear power thread

 

Padraic wrote: JJLehto wrote: timothy leary wrote: I think Rob is a string puller who likes to play games with semantics Like no one else does that, that's all anyone ever does here. Forget I mentioned it. I want nothing to do with the derailment and closure of this thread, especially over some internet debating about energy while there is a country in disaster.... Start a nuclear power thread

Equality 7-2521 wrote: timothy leary wrote: What a stupid answer and hardly an excuse, a place where 4 tectonic plates come together with more active volcanoes than any other place on earth, no companies the engineers work for buy real estate, your reasoning is skewed as usual Skewed? I said the engineers designed the plants very well. Considering the turmoil that is happening in the plant, the fact that a full catastrophe hasn't occurred is astonishing. Hats off the Engineers. Yet, somehow that is all moot because the company/government, chose this location for the plant? Yeah, my reasoning is skewed.  The engineers don't pick the location. They design the plants. They've done a good job.

Engineers do the best they can mostly.  The catastrophe was due to an earthquake happening at a location where it was impractical from a price standpoint to hold up to what the plants got hit with.  The World Trade Center towers were designed to withstand an airplane impact, just not one of that nature.

Wow: earthquakes, tsunamis, multiple nuclear reactor failures, and volcanoes, I really hope Japan gets some help. 

Edited by SolarLuna96 - March 16 2011 at 20:29

Equality 7-2521 wrote: timothy leary wrote: What a stupid answer and hardly an excuse, a place where 4 tectonic plates come together with more active volcanoes than any other place on earth, no companies the engineers work for buy real estate, your reasoning is skewed as usual Skewed? I said the engineers designed the plants very well. Considering the turmoil that is happening in the plant, the fact that a full catastrophe hasn't occurred is astonishing. Hats off the Engineers. Yet, somehow that is all moot because the company/government, chose this location for the plant? Yeah, my reasoning is skewed.  The engineers don't pick the location. They design the plants. They've done a good job.

You can't design a plant without taking its location into account. And the location, surprise surprise, happens to be Japan, which is well known for its tectonic movements.