By not contemplating the end of Japan, a nation of islands the size of California with 133 million souls, and what that would mean in the world, are we practicing the same kind of denial the builders of those reactors practiced? In America there is a 300 million dollar liability limit on all nuclear accidents built into the law. Otherwise no private company would build one. The Japanese have to stay indoors and avoid panic while Der Spiegal and the foreign embassies all relocate. We rarely speak of the implications and necessity of that 300 million dollar cap on liability. That's always ignored when discussing nuclear power. Could we call it the Joseph Goebbels/Frank Luntz theory of politics. It's not the reality that matters but "how you say it." "final solution" for example or all of those names on Republican bills that destroy culture, the environment and the middle class. If such an accident happened in America, would the upper 1% just relocate back to their ancestral home?
REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:39 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Question: Some years ago I was in conversation with the head of Bell Northern Research. I said that isn't it odd that Silicon Valley and all the high tech activities and research was located along the San Andreas Fault. Aren't we taking chances? What will happen if we suddenly lose the people and research/manufacturing capacity when an earthquake hits, as it surely will one of these days or years. He said Yes, he thinks about it too. But you know the enormous investments are still there and the San Andreas Fault is still there and after it happens everyone will say: Why didn't we do something about it. Human nature and denial is the X factor in all of this. arthur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:30 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Question: This might work for the folks in Japan, but what about for GE the designers/builders of the reactors? M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:56 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Question: this was how it was done in times past http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_hari_kari -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:14 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] Question: Should officials who, out of greed and stupidity locate a nuclear plant with inadequate safety measures on a well-known earthquake fault line be tried for crimes against humanity? M _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
