kowenicki said:
CrazyHorse said:
LivingMetal said:
Coca-Cola said:
LivingMetal said:
Pointing out that being more concerned for lives due to nuclear reactor problem is far more important that the lack of power to produce manufactured goods.
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Economic fallout from this can cause huge problems for Japan and can/will affect their lives. This is a big concern.
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I think the context of "lives" is in regards to immediate health and saving of such as an evacuation when meltdown occurs or the radiation levels in the immediate areas.
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This whole nuclear issue is no way near as dangerous as the media are having us believe. If a 'meltdown' did occur, the reactor fuel would be collected in containment areas under the reactors. It certainly won't affect any of the general public. This explains things a little better than most news reports have been doing.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/fukushiima_analysis/
EDIT: The main problem at the minute seems to be with the spent fuel ponds, hopefully they can bring this under control by airdropping water in to cool it down.
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this is so true...
I am tired of watching interviewers (Sky News and BBC News are very guilty of this), completely disregard what the experts are saying to them... they ask a question, get an answer that isnt quite sexy enough and so they end the interview and go back to spewing out doom and gloom. All the experts I have seen whilst concerned seem reasonably relaxed about the prospects.
This is no Chernobyl, it isn't remotely similar.
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Exactly, but even the Japanese seem to be panicking about it, if conditions in Tokyo are any indication. We've been seeing "total meltdown imminent" from the media since day one, though mostly what we have been seeing is a situation that's been steadily improving as far as getting situations at the reactors stabilized
