Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-18 Thread Eric Smith
Hi Saul, Another thing I realized I wished I had added as a caveat in last night's post. There is also the issue of fast versus slow neutrons as triggers to fission. The role of the moderator is to slow neutrons so that they can be captured by materials that need slow neutrons to fission, of

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-17 Thread Jochen Fromm
- From: Gillian Densmore gil.densm...@gmail.com To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan in the US the problem isn't just saftey it's NIMBY. (not in my back yard). I'm far far far

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-17 Thread Eric Smith
Jochen and everybody, hi, I don't know if it has already been covered on this thread, and I understand that the following comment is not central to the main theme. But to group Chernobyl with other reactor failures has one element that is potentially problematic. Chernobyl was a carbon-

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-17 Thread Saul Caganoff
Everytime one of these reactors has a problem we hear the refrain: - oh that's an old/foreign/crap design which noone makes anymore - the people running the reactor are poor/corrupt/stupid/culturally different - and this would never happen to any of our other reactors the cynic in

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Alfredo Covaleda
Hi Who is going to produce the good and services that Japan is stoping to manufacture because of the disaster? My probably raw opinion is that an unfortunate event like this one, is the oportunity that US needs to reactive his economy. ¿Isn't it? Alfredo C. 2011/3/15 Jochen Fromm

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Jochen Fromm
-waste dump. We will take your waste if you pay for it.. -J. - Original Message - From: Gillian Densmore gil.densm...@gmail.com To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Gillian Densmore
Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan with all due respect I think it wasn't needed to troll about nuclear power. It's not perfect. Japan isn't perfect. It's a time to pool together international relief. What if a freek

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Gillian Densmore
Well not just that but hopefuly it's a time to apreciat the unreal amount of help asia does for the global economy. That being said offshoring is a horrible way to run the US economy. It makes it way to sustible to not just economic problems but natural acts of God! More work done 'in house' in

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Carl Tollander
Everything of consequence is on a fault somewhere. On 3/16/11 5:31 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: Well not just that but hopefuly it's a time to apreciat the unreal amount of help asia does for the global economy. That being said offshoring is a horrible way to run the US economy. It makes it way

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread Gillian Densmore
with all due respect I think it wasn't needed to troll about nuclear power. It's not perfect. Japan isn't perfect. It's a time to pool together international relief. What if a freek huricane or tornado hit new mexico? I'd hope that we'd be seeking aid reguardless of personal politics. On Tue, Mar