Japan Earthquake News

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new thread for nuclear dangers debate

[MrRiplEy[H]]

MrRipley i will buy you a ticket to Fukushima.

As I said I had my radioactive shower already, thanks. People die daily in car crashes too, are you against cars too now?

I have nothing against nuclear power but when someone says radiation is not dangerous I treat them the same way as a person who witnesses two cars crash 60mph and drive by saying 'naah probably nothing happened'.

[Gh0stFT]

MrRipley why comapring car crashes? does they have ANYTHING to do with the event today?

*sigh*

[Lepape2]

MrRipley why comapring car crashes? does they have ANYTHING to do with the event today?

*sigh*

Its not a comparison, its an analogy.

[Gh0stFT]

Its not a comparison, its an analogy.

apple vs. oranges?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

apple vs. oranges?

Not at all. Nuclear plants AND cars both have benefits and dangers. Think about this:

According to WHO 1 200 000 people die every year to car accidents. Less than 100 die per year average to any accident related to nuclear power plants (including death from falling etc.)

Those 1.2 million had two things in common: They all drove cars and they all used electricity generated by nuclear power. Does that mean that cars are such a risk to environment that they should immediately be banned?

[Gh0stFT]

MrRipley we should stay on topic here, but to answere your last question,
i buy a car and drive it, its me who take the risk or not, i'm free to choose.
But a nuclear power, the risk is there, if i like it or not, i'm not free here.
apple vs. orange.

[Melvin]

MrRipley we should stay on topic here, but to answere your last question,
i buy a car and drive it, its me who take the risk or not, i'm free to choose.
But a nuclear power, the risk is there, if i like it or not, i'm not free here.
apple vs. orange.

You're free to move away from it. And you're free to vote for or against politicians that brought it to your backyard.

Quit acting like such a victim.

[Gh0stFT]

what are you talking about? what victim?
you just woke up, eh?

i exsactly do that, i choose politicians wo preffer different energy power plants,

[Lepape2]

Kaboom!... One reactor just aspolded...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/03/20113124353222667.html

[MrRiplEy[H]]

MrRipley we should stay on topic here, but to answere your last question,
i buy a car and drive it, its me who take the risk or not, i'm free to choose.

Oh really? Are the kids playing on the kindergarten free to choose if they want to breathe your exhaust or not? Are the pedestrians that are in risk of getting hit by you free to choose if they want you driving on the road or not? Are the animals and the plants free to choose if they want the ecological footprint of mining and producing materials to create the cars you drive? What about the fuel you burn, oil you use to lubricate? Is the nature free to choose if they are affected on those?

It's far from that simple my friend.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Kaboom!... One reactor just aspolded...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/03/20113124353222667.html

LOL did you read any post in this thread? Did you even read the ARTICLE you posted?

"We've confirmed that the reactor container was not damaged. The explosion didn't occur inside the reactor container. As such there was no large amount of radiation leakage outside, so we'd like everyone to respond calmly."

[Shuffler]

It's all about the cooling.  I was surprised that the diesel generators failed.  Those things are freakishly reliable.

The on going problem with diesel generators is fuel storage. Diesel doesn't like sitting in a tank and not being used.

[Lepape2]

LOL did you read any post in this thread? Did you even read the ARTICLE you posted?

Do you really believe nothing from the reactor was damaged in such an explosion? It looked like a 1000lb bomb exploded in that thing. It would be blind faith to believe what the officials say in the ONLY goal of appeasing the population in that regard. When someone has made a big mistake, its better to hide it or conceal parts of the truth. I'm might sound like a conspiracy theorist but there is no way to tell from us, press releases or prime minister speech that everything is under control. They told us that no explosion whatsoever was possible before this happened... "huh what explosion are we talking about?!"  
Remember that A LOT LOT LOT of money is in play (and not just for Japan) whether or not the reactor is damaged and what the public knows.

[Megalodon]

Now there pumping sea water in to cool the reactor, this means its garbage and there not worried about saving it. Also in no sitiuation,  is pouring sea water to cool in the plans period, at any nuke plant and its a last ditch effort to keep it from poping.