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(7,745 posts)Humanity can no longer afford to trust corporations with technology that can cause widespread devastation. Mainly because we tried and they have proven that they will never act in humanities best interest.
factsarenotfair
(910 posts)The people responsible need to be charged in the International Court of Justice.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)every nuclear expert and give the military the obligation to clean up the mess, similar to what they did at Chernobyl ..
The Japanese military said no and the elders of Japan said we will do it ....
tavalon
(27,985 posts)Quick text: We are fucked. The Pacific is fucked and oh, yeah, you guys on the Western side of the US, you're fucked too.
melody
(12,365 posts)I've read several pieces by experts who radically disagree that this is potentially an "end of the world" situation -- one of the more extensive ones came from a think tank in the US, so it's not Japanese CYA.
drynberg
(1,648 posts)greiner3
(5,214 posts)Ok, this is not a 100 mile asteroid barreling toward Earth and will collide in 7 days, but having 3 reactors do the "China Syndrome" is pretty fucking BAD.
I'd be interested to see what think tanks all these experts came from.
Jus' saying.
melody
(12,365 posts)Never mind, whatever source I supply will be part of the vast conspiracy.
longship
(40,416 posts)I agree substantially with Michio Kaku here, however with a caveat. What we need, above all, is full transparent disclosure. We need scientists on the ground, taking measurements and publishing their findings. And not TEPCO employees!! (Who seem to want to save face when they should be hiding their faces in shame.) So I cannot support Kaku entirely on this even though I agree with some of what he says. He is speaking from the sidelines. He speaks of meltdowns. Who is saying that there have been meltdowns that have escaped containment? I have heard reports that have claimed both that there is, and that there has not been, a meltdown. Who does one believe?
Only full transparency will solve the problem. We need the best people on the ground, taking and reporting measurements, observing what is actually happening at Fukushima Daiichi and reporting those facts in a dispassionate and responsible manner. Of course, a little peer review wouldn't hurt.
There is too much hyperbole and opinion and not enough actual science being reported here. Even Kaku is stating opinion here.
What does the data say? Nobody knows, possibly because it's either not being collected, or it's not being reported. There's speculation and opinion all over the map. Some of it is clearly falsified. Some of it is clearly fraudulent. (In a vacuum of information people make shit up.)
That is the message that Kaku should be bringing to the public.