Harry-- I would conclude the answer to your question is an loud, NO.
However the fear of no good technical understanding nor honest technical management SHOULD PARALYZE US into no action. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: H Veeder To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:NY Times: "Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind" On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: After the accident, a memo surfaced saying, "we should worry about the possibility of a large tsunami." In other words, someone foresaw the problem. An expert interviewed on NHK talked about this. He said: "You will always find a memo. We looked into everything; we thought about every possible scenario. If you were to try to eliminate every threat in a project like this, the plant would never be built." I sympathize with that point of view. Technology always carries some risk. We cannot be paralyzed into inaction by fear. In this case, it turned out the risk was much larger than anyone anticipated. (Anyone including me -- not that I'm an expert.) That is tragic but it cannot be helped, and I do not think we should go around looking for a scapegoat to blame it on. - Jed <<We cannot be paralyzed into inaction by fear>> Should we be pushed into action by greed masquerading as the need for economic growth? harry
