2011-03-13, 01:58 AM
Volcanoes can generate some earthquake activity, however, this earthquake seems to be unrelated to Mt Fuji (unless Mt Fuji changed neighborhood w/o anyone knowing...). If Mt Fuji started acting up, I'm pretty sure that at least the Japanese government would know about it. Geology out there is serious business.
And I don't know. I think making an argument against nuclear energy in this situation is kind of silly. It took an 8.9 magnitude earthquake to make those plants fail, the damage so far haven't been anywhere near catastrophic and it seems the safety features (in case the other emergency features fail) have worked as intended since the radioactive material has been contained so far. Imo, this things seem pretty damn safe, specially if you opt to notbuild one right next to the most seismically active faults around the world. It takes less to make oil refineries and natural gas ducts actually explode and send pomegranate to the atmosphere etcetc.
The biggest danger in this things are the human factor. Negligence is the enemy.
And I don't know. I think making an argument against nuclear energy in this situation is kind of silly. It took an 8.9 magnitude earthquake to make those plants fail, the damage so far haven't been anywhere near catastrophic and it seems the safety features (in case the other emergency features fail) have worked as intended since the radioactive material has been contained so far. Imo, this things seem pretty damn safe, specially if you opt to notbuild one right next to the most seismically active faults around the world. It takes less to make oil refineries and natural gas ducts actually explode and send pomegranate to the atmosphere etcetc.
The biggest danger in this things are the human factor. Negligence is the enemy.