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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Tsunami News

The NY Times today:
In a country that gave the world the word tsunami, the Japanese nuclear establishment largely disregarded the potentially destructive force of the walls of water...
 This is what amazed me at first: the bloody word is Japanese, but they did not provide for such an event!
It is a tale of Tokyo Electric and its way of doing business. Just last night I was reading that Tokyo Electric will probably have to switch to energy generated by other fuels, which will reduce their profit.
You know perfectly well the level of profit was what allowed intelligent business and regulatory people to ignore the dangers in the first place. Profits will make us rich... if they do not kill us first!

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