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Massive earthquake in Japan
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: opt2not on March 12, 2011, 12:37:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 12, 2011, 07:37:12 am ---Danny is right, there seems to be a lack of intelligence involved to build 50 reactors in a quake based country like Japan.
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Whether it's 50 (55 actually) or 5, any amount of reactors that can potentially meltdown isn't smart to have residing in a quake based area.
The same thing can be said about California. There are 6 active plants in Cali, 2 of which sandwich the highest density of human sprawl on the west coast. LA an San Diego.
Given the fact that California shakes more time of the year than a hairless dog in the winter, you'd think they'd be smarter as well.
They could harness that good ol' Santa Ana wind-power, or invest into more Geothermal power since they have an abundance of ground-thermal activity. But hey, it's classic American capitalism that prevents them from doing the right thing.
Also, don't forget that Japan has the highest standards for earthquake proofing buildings in the world. More-so than anywhere else, including cali. Though this can't account for record-breaking magnitudes of shock, it does help to comfort one's worry that they know what they're doing and have preventative measures to anything drastic happening. At least, one would hope.
I heart pours out to the families in Japan that have had to endure this devastation.
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I agree the building took the earthquake very well, I'm wondering about that village that had 10K people in it that are missing.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 12, 2011, 03:55:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: opt2not on March 12, 2011, 12:37:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 12, 2011, 07:37:12 am ---Danny is right, there seems to be a lack of intelligence involved to build 50 reactors in a quake based country like Japan.
--- End quote ---
Whether it's 50 (55 actually) or 5, any amount of reactors that can potentially meltdown isn't smart to have residing in a quake based area.
The same thing can be said about California. There are 6 active plants in Cali, 2 of which sandwich the highest density of human sprawl on the west coast. LA an San Diego.
Given the fact that California shakes more time of the year than a hairless dog in the winter, you'd think they'd be smarter as well.
They could harness that good ol' Santa Ana wind-power, or invest into more Geothermal power since they have an abundance of ground-thermal activity. But hey, it's classic American capitalism that prevents them from doing the right thing.
Also, don't forget that Japan has the highest standards for earthquake proofing buildings in the world. More-so than anywhere else, including cali. Though this can't account for record-breaking magnitudes of shock, it does help to comfort one's worry that they know what they're doing and have preventative measures to anything drastic happening. At least, one would hope.
I heart pours out to the families in Japan that have had to endure this devastation.
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I agree the building took the earthquake very well, I'm wondering about that village that had 10K people in it that are missing.
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I wonder if more people will die from the quake itself or the tsunami afterwards?
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on March 12, 2011, 03:59:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 12, 2011, 03:55:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: opt2not on March 12, 2011, 12:37:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 12, 2011, 07:37:12 am ---Danny is right, there seems to be a lack of intelligence involved to build 50 reactors in a quake based country like Japan.
--- End quote ---
Whether it's 50 (55 actually) or 5, any amount of reactors that can potentially meltdown isn't smart to have residing in a quake based area.
The same thing can be said about California. There are 6 active plants in Cali, 2 of which sandwich the highest density of human sprawl on the west coast. LA an San Diego.
Given the fact that California shakes more time of the year than a hairless dog in the winter, you'd think they'd be smarter as well.
They could harness that good ol' Santa Ana wind-power, or invest into more Geothermal power since they have an abundance of ground-thermal activity. But hey, it's classic American capitalism that prevents them from doing the right thing.
Also, don't forget that Japan has the highest standards for earthquake proofing buildings in the world. More-so than anywhere else, including cali. Though this can't account for record-breaking magnitudes of shock, it does help to comfort one's worry that they know what they're doing and have preventative measures to anything drastic happening. At least, one would hope.
I heart pours out to the families in Japan that have had to endure this devastation.
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I agree the building took the earthquake very well, I'm wondering about that village that had 10K people in it that are missing.
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I wonder if more people will die from the quake itself or the tsunami afterwards?
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The waters off Japan are contaminated, and the Japanese eat a lot of fish.
What is the environmental impact on the aquatic life in the area surrounding the affected Tsunami devastated coast line?
My question I guess is linked to Thailand and what happened after with the aquatic life there.
amendonz:
you are the lowest form of human.
and a "captain hindsight"
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on March 12, 2011, 10:23:16 am ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on March 12, 2011, 03:35:40 am ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on March 12, 2011, 02:35:25 am ---Reports are the nuclear reactor is without coolant and is starting to leak. I hope luck is on their side in the upcoming days otherwise there's going to be a 3...2...1......
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This is the only thing that I would agree with Ark about. Knowing you have earthquakes and building nuclear reactors there anyway ???
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I'm not sure they really had much choice. Unlike Australia, Japan has virtually no natural energy resources of its own. So if they want energy security then nuclear power is currently the only option.
That being said, I do wonder why so many of their reactors appear to have been built on the coast.
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Dunno why that equates to energy security. Nuclear or coal, they have to buy the fuel from us anyway :dunno
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