tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post3300986914869917649..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Nuclear Power: My Comment Round UpNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-48953971910108004752011-03-17T09:27:59.036-07:002011-03-17T09:27:59.036-07:00Good point Claudia. Japan is well networked. Peopl...Good point Claudia. Japan is well networked. People can get around pretty quickly, even under these kinds of conditions. In fact, even much of the U.S. is behind in terms of mobility possibilities in the case of a disaster. We saw it in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina. Those who were poor, without access to cars, were basically screwed. It would easily be worse somewhere with even less options.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-82315580127496560642011-03-17T08:38:00.266-07:002011-03-17T08:38:00.266-07:00Nathan thanks for the link and your thoughtfull ar...Nathan thanks for the link and your thoughtfull article, there is a lot here, and yes we all need to pay attention, pay more attention do our part. You know? looking at your map I started wondering about the powerplants in non-developed countries, say, India.<br /><br />Japan has had no loittering during the catastrophe, which is almost a miracle, what would happen in a country where resources Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609779915009954933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-59447344359028207702011-03-16T12:01:58.412-07:002011-03-16T12:01:58.412-07:00Bookbird,
I hope that you all in Australia are a...Bookbird, <br /><br />I hope that you all in Australia are able to find other solutions. It's really a hell of a burden to have so many nuclear plants to deal with, especially when many are out of date, and growing more dangerous by the minute. <br /><br />NathanNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-24510289921862333232011-03-16T00:59:29.136-07:002011-03-16T00:59:29.136-07:00thanks for wading into a difficult debate in the f...thanks for wading into a difficult debate in the first place. I think it's hard to think clearly in all of this when so much emotive stuff is happening in a very RIGHT NOW sense in Japan. <br /><br />You will notice on our map that Australia is nuclear power station free - but even here the debate still rages.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122762432900082546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-7155952410523692312011-03-15T22:57:43.060-07:002011-03-15T22:57:43.060-07:00Thank you Nathan, thank you Petteri. You two are h...Thank you Nathan, thank you Petteri. You two are highly intelligent, good-hearted men, and I very much appreciate both of your points of view. Where I am at this point, is wishing wholeheartedly that a critical mass is going to wake up and support educated decisions regarding the future of our world. Things like, population control, weaning from coal, in favor of optimal combination of renewable minddeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775183882249750726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-14907991993025492352011-03-15T22:40:18.273-07:002011-03-15T22:40:18.273-07:00Nathan, I wrote another of my long-ass replies to ...Nathan, I wrote another of my long-ass replies to this, but given that you already said that you've listened to such arguments your entire adult life and they've failed to budge you, I don't think there's much point in putting you through another one. It would only annoy both of us.<br /><br />I know you walk the walk, and I have a tremendous respect for that. I think it's Brikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-16951493161964779712011-03-15T17:35:03.645-07:002011-03-15T17:35:03.645-07:00Petteri - I've been outspoken about all of the...Petteri - I've been outspoken about all of the issues you mention. Maybe not every one of them on this blog, but certainly I have written here about cars, suburban sprawl, oil and coal, and the general way cities/suburbs are built. I can even think of a few posts talking about the loss of species diversity. <br /><br />I have also never owned a car, which has been a sacrifice in a region thatNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-35057075523648614292011-03-15T13:40:25.140-07:002011-03-15T13:40:25.140-07:00Something that's always puzzled me about the c...Something that's always puzzled me about the categorically-no-nukes crowd: why single out nukes? Why don't I see anywhere near the same passion about coal and oil than nukes? Private automobiles? Suburban sprawl? Biodiversity? Depletion of fisheries? Desertification? <br /><br />I get what you're saying about us needing a radical change in our relationship to the planet. However, I Brikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-75131732010582215012011-03-15T12:03:32.599-07:002011-03-15T12:03:32.599-07:00The estimates for deaths from Chernobyl are from a...The estimates for deaths from Chernobyl are from a few thousand to over 700,000 over the years. A high price I think for cheap electricity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com