2011-03-14, 08:25 PM
Anonymous Moose Wrote:I think you dont get it. Since Japan falsified documents and has a history of cover up with their plants, we would have no way of knowing whether this plant was properly maintained or not, and if it wasnt properly maintained then it should have been shut down years ago.
I think YOU don't get it. We have shifted from a) the absolute "factual" accusation of the plants being dragged out of its functional capacity due to the Japanese government's negligence to b) The possible yet unproven sub-standard states of the plant that may or may not have been responsible for the disaster we are observing.
Even if it were/is up to standards, it still is NOT designed to withstand a magnitude 8.9 quake, so the failure we are seeing is not necessarily the fault of the old infrastructure. It may very well have been, but not necessarily the dummy for you to attack on.
If the person in your "warning" example had been trying to be helpful, he could at the very least have proposed a design (or to even less a degree, an expectation) for the plants. How good should they be? Should they be redone to withstand an 8.5? A 9? A 10? Not good enough is not good enough. Nothing is ever good enough.
Of course he conveniently omitted that because his words will definitely ring true. Why? Japan is BOUND to see a quake stronger than its plants are designed for, in due time. If he had proposed a 9.1 standards, and the quake turned out to be 9.2, he would've made an idiot of himself.