Re: THE Radiation / Radioactive Thread Pt. 2
Posted: Mon 31 Oct 2016, 18:27:08
Yes, and those people dying of cancer in their 50s due to exposure to fallout, were just fine when they were younger.
That's the old logical fallacy, "Nothing's happened yet, so nothing can or will happen." Well guess what, those fallout babies are now dying in their 50s because of what we did.
As for nuclear power, because running a nuclear power plant is highly specialized, there are few who can maintain them.
We already have seen we can't even get close, even with robots, when there has been a meltdown, we can do nothing about the corium.
You can't just flip a switch and shut a nuclear plant down, then walk away. The plant needs to be manned and maintained even afterwards.
With a societal collapse, those people aren't going to stick around. Each plant then becomes an inevitable disaster.
You people are only worried about your current comfort. Your shortsightedness is criminal. Fukushima demonstrated you can't fix it if something goes wrong. And something will always go wrong in time.
You put on a face like these arguments are without merit, when in fact they are the true risks, now fully demonstrated in Fukushima.
We are not required to just accept the consequences of your risks and shortsightedness. Because those are real people suffering for it. In real life.
Back in the day we were promised nearly free limitless electricity. It's never lived up to it's promise. Profit and greed run these plants, and safety only comes through regulation. These people will take the money and run, leaving radiation spewing hell-holes in their wake.
P.S. I am not a Democrat. I was an Eisenhower Republican. I have, most of my life been an Autarkist and a Taoist. And I sometimes rise up to fight the evil men do. Try to fit that into your binary thinking. Some of us don't fit into your cubby-holes.
That's the old logical fallacy, "Nothing's happened yet, so nothing can or will happen." Well guess what, those fallout babies are now dying in their 50s because of what we did.
As for nuclear power, because running a nuclear power plant is highly specialized, there are few who can maintain them.
We already have seen we can't even get close, even with robots, when there has been a meltdown, we can do nothing about the corium.
You can't just flip a switch and shut a nuclear plant down, then walk away. The plant needs to be manned and maintained even afterwards.
With a societal collapse, those people aren't going to stick around. Each plant then becomes an inevitable disaster.
You people are only worried about your current comfort. Your shortsightedness is criminal. Fukushima demonstrated you can't fix it if something goes wrong. And something will always go wrong in time.
You put on a face like these arguments are without merit, when in fact they are the true risks, now fully demonstrated in Fukushima.
We are not required to just accept the consequences of your risks and shortsightedness. Because those are real people suffering for it. In real life.
Back in the day we were promised nearly free limitless electricity. It's never lived up to it's promise. Profit and greed run these plants, and safety only comes through regulation. These people will take the money and run, leaving radiation spewing hell-holes in their wake.
P.S. I am not a Democrat. I was an Eisenhower Republican. I have, most of my life been an Autarkist and a Taoist. And I sometimes rise up to fight the evil men do. Try to fit that into your binary thinking. Some of us don't fit into your cubby-holes.