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An Associated Press review of Japan’s approach to nuclear plant safety shows how closely intertwined relationships between government regulators and industry have allowed a culture of complacency to prevail. We should be so thankful that U.S. regulators aren’t also bought, sold, and paid for. Oh, wait… Regulators simply didn’t see it as their role to [...] While we certainly have regulatory capture here in the US, it’s now clear that the entire government of Japan is an inept and corrupt entity, completely captured and controlled by big business. TEPCO knew radiation in seawater was 7.5 million above normal before it started dumping radioactive water in the ocean on Monday The [...] Japan PM says nuclear crisis not worse but advises wider evacuation. The real questions there are 1) Is the government in control or just a lackey of Tepco, and 2) Is Tepco more concerned with saving their investment in the plant rather than saving lives? New radiation alert at Fukushima – Levels soar to 1600 times normal That radiation reading was 20 kilometers from the crippled reactors. But no need to worry your silly little head, no doubt their government will raise the permissible amount of radiation (as they’ve already been doing continually) so people in the affected areas who [...] Capitalism doesn’t just profit from disasters, as Naomi Klein says. It also, through greed, shortsightedness, and corruption, creates disasters. It could be a real estate bubble, inflated by corruption and a deliberately asleep government, that finally popped and took down the US economy with it. It is also nuclear plants built to inadequate specs and [...] Tonight’s show was lively. Among the topics discussed: The Libya ‘no-fly zone’ is a full-scale attack from the air. But this is akin to the South Park underpants gnomes whose business plan was 1) collect underpants, 2) something happens, 3) make money. The invasion of Libya is 1) bomb Qadaffi, 2) something happens, 3) [...] The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is highly vulnerable to a tsunami The severity of the earthquake tsunami catastrophe that struck Japan last Friday is just now being absorbed, in bits and pieces of anecdotal commentary. The idea that they were able to rescue a man from the rooftop of his home some 15 km [...] The Japanese government is working towards a steady supply of high grade hydroden and researchers have developed a low-cost replacement for platinum and palladium, which are used by fuel cells to create electicity. Being a large island smaller than the state of California, Japan is perfectly poised for this type of venture. Much less infrastructure [...] Treehugger suggests the Japan Space Agency say the power will be beamed back to earth by “solar stream” rather than the ominous-sounding if more accurate phrase, “laser beam.” Of course, no military on the planet would ever dream of having solar-powered laser beams from space turn opponents on earth into crispy critters. [...] They now have 410,000 members. Many are new, young, and disaffected. The ruling LDP by contrast has about a million members. By dispensing with ideological rhetoric and focusing on welfare and jobs, the JCP has struck a chord with students, the unemployed and the estimated 10 million Japanese earning less than 2m yen (about £14,000) [...] |  | ||||
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