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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:48 PM Original message |
"Japanese Chernobyl" sounds scary but the tsunami is far greater disaster |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. So you've missed the point entirely. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What point did I miss? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. How does the size of this meltdown compare to the other |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That is indeed the question. |
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BrookBrew (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. It is worth looking at the dozens we detonated here in open air |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Scale of Chernobyl |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. There is wide disagreement. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. No, there really isn't. There is the nuclear industry on one side and everyone else on the other. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. No, you see post #44. The study you cite appears to be a joke |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. See posts 47 48 and below // NYAS stands by validity of study. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. There were about a million deaths from Chernobyl |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. A million? Are you sure? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I just posted a link. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You posted a link to a DU thread. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Follow the instructions here: |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. In this case, since I can post studies that show much lower numbers.. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. No, that isn't how science works. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It does not build upon the earlier study. It uses different numerical models. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Do you understand how statistical analysis works? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. The report you cite has been disavowed and is rather unscientific actually. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. NYAS did not disavow the report. The industry tried to get them to though. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Here is their quote. It certainly sounds like they are stepping away from it. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Why did you cherry pick that part and leave off the link? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "Shame myself"? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You attempted to misrepresent the position of NYAS - that would cause ME shame. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I did no such thing. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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VoteProgressive (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think you are missing the point that Nukes are man made. But carry on. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That has zero to do with the point I am making. |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Shouldn't you have compared it to Chernobyl ? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Huh? What? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But your thread title is "Japanese Chernobyl", then you compare it to atomic bombs |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Ongoing damaged reactors' damaged spent fuel rods in damaged pools and are exposed to the elements |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why don't you go over there and help put out the nuclear fire, if you love nukes so much? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yeah, that is EXACTLY what I said. Bonobo: "I love nukes". |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. That was uncalled for. Seriously. You still have time to edit. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here's the HUGE difference you're completely ignoring: |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So you think the tsunami is not as big a disaster as the nuclear situation? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. We won't know how many deaths result from Fukushima for years to come. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Because |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. You seem to be trying to encourage acceptance of nuclear power. Is that true? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. If you think that, I assure you it is purely the product of your imagination plus projection. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I didn't accuse, I asked for clarity. Would you answer? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I just did. nt |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Let's see, we don't have to build cities in tsunami zones either. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. yes, and the heat death of the universe will be very bad for any remaining human life |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Let's NOT build any more tsunami's, then! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. I wonder if people are looking at it differently, depending on where they live. |
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