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Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion
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No I didn't think you were attacking me, no worries
I do understand the fear of radiation - it can't be seen and is so difficult to block. A lot of the fear is probably cold war era which is why young people like my don't fear it that much.
I doubt the place is going to be that messed up. They may put up an exclusion zone but its not a Chernobyl Raquel situation where inner bits of the reactor were strewn out.
Do i think it is worth it? Yes, I do. There ate millions of Asthmatics in this world due to pollution from fossil fuels.
Tens of Thousands of square kilometers of land has been destroyed by and oil. The same for the sea.
Look, I'm fairly liberal and pro-Green but I'm a realist. Its not plausible to ever power the worlds ever increasing power consumption with renewables. It is plausible with nuclear. What with climate change and the massive pollution in the world today, Nuclear IS the safe option, it IS worth the risk.0 -
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This, exactly, and what you wrote after it Shadow, makes me think you are dreadfully naive, (and to me you come across in your earlier posts as being very naive indeed). The whole downplaying of the threat of radiation has been a key strategy in the aftermath of Chernobyl-"look, it's not so bad, very few have died, nature is returning to normal"--utter BS. Also, you are worried about Fukushima being ruined, I'm not, I'm worried about the hundreds of thousands globally that will quietly contract cancer, uncounted by any statistician, linked by no-one to either Chernobyl nor Fukushima, and ignored by the powers that be. Mainly, I'm worrried about my kids, and theirs if they have them. And before you tell me they are going to be grand, and all this is just a minor incident with no long term effects, spare me, because I am an old, hardbitten cynic.shadowninty wrote: »No I didn't think you were attacking me, no worries
I do understand the fear of radiation - it can't be seen and is so difficult to block. A lot of the fear is probably cold war era which is why young people like my don't fear it that much.
I doubt the place is going to be that messed up. They may put up an exclusion zone but its not a Chernobyl Raquel situation where inner bits of the reactor were strewn out.
Do i think it is worth it? Yes, I do. There ate millions of Asthmatics in this world due to pollution from fossil fuels.
Tens of Thousands of square kilometers of land has been destroyed by and oil. The same for the sea.
Look, I'm fairly liberal and pro-Green but I'm a realist. Its not plausible to ever power the worlds ever increasing power consumption with renewables. It is plausible with nuclear. What with climate change and the massive pollution in the world today, Nuclear IS the safe option, it IS worth the risk.0 -
Ok then, I wont say anythingThis, exactly, and what you wrote after it Shadow, makes me think you are dreadfully naive, (and to me you come across in your earlier posts as being very naive indeed). The whole downplaying of the threat of radiation has been a key strategy in the aftermath of Chernobyl-"look, it's not so bad, very few have died, nature is returning to normal"--utter BS. Also, you are worried about Fukushima being ruined, I'm not, I'm worried about the hundreds of thousands globally that will quietly contract cancer, uncounted by any statistician, linked by no-one to either Chernobyl nor Fukushima, and ignored by the powers that be. Mainly, I'm worrried about my kids, and theirs if they have them. And before you tell me they are going to be grand, and all this is just a minor incident with no long term effects, spare me, because I am an old, hardbitten cynic. 0 -
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say whatever you want, just don't accept all of the garbage that is spouted about how radiation is fun, sure itt'll be grand, etc. If a wealthy, hypertechnical nation like Japan has a problem theat it admits it is almost powerless to contain, start worrying, ffs.shadowninty wrote: »Ok then, I wont say anything0 -
Look, I understand radiation is dangerous. It causes cell mutation, therefore cancer, and other worrying things.say whatever you want, just don't accept all of the garbage that is spouted about how radiation is fun, sure itt'll be grand, etc. If a wealthy, hypertechnical nation like Japan has a problem theat it admits it is almost powerless to contain, start worrying, ffs.
I do worry about the radiation dose the workers may be receiving (although the meters are messed up or something? wtf?), but the body should be able to deal with anything the people outside the exclusion zone are receiving.
I also worry about the long term damage to the workers of the stress - one poor man (in his fifties?) has died already
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Thats true, the workers are sure to have problems. The entire exclusion zone is going to have problems for the forseeable future.shadowninty wrote: »I also worry about the long term damage to the workers of the stress - one poor man (in his fifties?) has died already0 -
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