Fukushima getting worse, except for a new windmill.

[MoonRiver]

Received this today from No Nukes.

Hello Everyone...

We have yet to get a response from the UN on our petitions. We'll continue gathering signatures until we do. Our request that Tepco be replaced by a global team is more urgent than ever.

Why? Because news from Fukushima & the Pacific continues to worsen. Please look at the on-going coverage as linked at www.nukefree.org.

Tepco has brought down some unused fuel rods from Unit 4. Next come those that were exposed. Remember that Units Three, Two & One may have even worse problems.

The whole world is trying to watch....so Tepco has complained that the media is actually photographing their operations! With a state secrets act on its way, we anticipate a formal crackdown. Tepco wants to open four other reactors in Japan and pursues overseas investments while toying with the fate of the Earth at Fukushima.

Fukushima radiation has been confirmed off the coast of Alaska, & will soon be in California. Reports from the Pacific of the disappearance of sardines and salmon, the death of California sea lion pups, a horrible plague among starfish off the northwest coast of the US, and much more, remind us how little we know about the effects of pouring gargantuan quantities of radiation into the ocean.

And that the survival of human life on our planet has never been more threatened.

Please stay with us as we work to sort through the disaster before us. A very large windmill has successfully opened off the Fukushima coast. It reminds us that there is hope, and that the Solartopian answer to our energy needs is very much with us....IF we can get through this nuclear madness....

No Nukes....HarveyW

[NathanSharp]

2. Its almost a metaphor for the whole situation at large

We keep destroying the ecology and all the life on this planet. The more GDP grows, the more life dies. It should stand for Gross Death of the Planet. People know its destructive, but were so caught up in it ow that we don't know how to live any other way. We always get a small victory like this. Its almost symbolic, but serious damage is already done, and its hard for it to compete with the energy output of nuclear. Everyone still wants to live with the energy consumption and lifestyle we have. Thats why wind or solar doesnt get addopted, because it would involve not only addoption but reduction in electricity usage.

[darkangel218]

3. Our days are numbered, because of the residual nuclear waste.

Not to mention the situations where nuke plants suffer damage or involuntary shut downs.

We are basically fuct.

[John Oneil]

4. let's get optimistic

There gonna be blood and tears but humans can still survive and adapt to the eco-system they created.

Nature is strong, and human as well when it faces its death.

[queenmandy85]

5. What is the alternative?

Renewable energy is insufficient to meet the needs of an exploding population. Nuclear power is the only means to generate electricity without a large carbon foot print. If we transition to nuclear, there will be accidents. Over the next century, perhaps 1000 people may die. That is the result of accidents. Fossil fuel generation of energy, if produced according to the manufacturers' instructions will result in the worst mass extinction since the permian event. Thorium is the most promising fuel. It is 10 times more efficient than uranium, it will not melt down, has no military application, and produces a lot less nuclear waste. China has been leading the development of thorium reactors and is creating a stockpile of fuel while the US is burying potential fuel in concrete.
Thorium was the original proposed fuel for nuclear power in the US but it was discarded in favour of uranium for military reasons.
If you want to rely on solar only, you will need to dramatically reduce consumption. The population will be increasing in the meantime. Can we feed 12 billion people without ample energy?