Fukashima lives

[Paul]

Nuclear power. Yes its dangerous, unsightly, when it goes wrong devastating, and it's expensive.
And I forgot, I wouldn't like it in my back yard (yes I'm a NUKE NIMBY)
As for survival? Nuke doesn't scare me as much half as much as Biological's do.
As for being cooked gently by fallout from Fuki'whatsit?
Both water and air is and has been ALL ROUND THE WORLD.
Anyone remember Chenovol? I'm well cooked from that anyway and I believe they are still checking sheep up North for Strontium.

What is the world going to do about it?
What can anyone do about it, realistically, come on, realistically?
Nought. . . .Why? Because it's there and only time decays radiation and the clean up in Japan is being controlled by the Japanese government but you can forget about a fast resolution in any language.

Alternatives?
Coal fired stations. Banned, too much Carbon, thanks to the EU and the global warming lobby.

Oil fired. Soon to be useless after the oil stops flowing and a carbon producer so see above.

Gas powered. Good option except we haven't got any real quantity of our own so we are in the hands of them across the water. I just wonder how long it'll be before they use that as a weapon against us. Oh yeah, carbon producers. See above twice.

On land Wind Powered. How many of you live by a wind farm? How many have experienced the noise? Apart from that, they are are useful back up but not as a constant source of power.

Off shore wind. Works yes, and is currently supplying a tiny fraction of our current demand.
So why aren't they building more? Because it costs a lot of money AND the lobby against them is powerful because they are "unsightly".
Not forgetting the whale lobby who are convinced the cables muck up their navigation.

Wave power. Eventually but they still haven’t done much towards it and probably won't. Why? Money and environmentalists.

Hydro electric. Super efficient, reliable, the way to go except, you need dams and lakes to power them and the environment lobby take care of stopping that almost every time.

Solar (photovoltaic) panels possible but allowing complete fields to be covered? People get funny when the farmers force their crops under plastic and unless the climate REALLY changes, not very efficient and certainly not cost effective at this moment.

Costs? A 1000 acre field? I read somewhere 10 Billion.
At least it'll stop all overseas aid for a week or so but ultimately you'll have to pay, about £3 for an electrical unit I read.

So what’s left? Geothermal? in the UK? I think not.

They are/were talking about geothermal electricity being sent under the sea from Iceland.
Nearest thing to a piped dream I've read in a long time and another UK government waste of time. The cost I read would be in the 1000's of billions. More of your dosh going out then.

No matter how much you hate it (and I hate it with a passion) nuclear is the only current viable way to generate our ever increasing need for power.

Fuki'whatsit was bad as was Chenovol, so what. **** happens.
Now lets carry on planning for the next event (whatever that may be) which hopefully will be something we can do something about.