We published this poll on March 16th, 20011 with the folowing lead-in;
The growing catastrophe surrounding Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear power plants has some politicians around the world calling for an end to nuclear power. Germany has closed 7 plants, and the EU is reviewing all 195 plants in the EU. Some in the US are also calling for an end to nuclear power, but President Obama and most other leaders say that nuclear power can be pursued safely in the United States, away from coastal and earthquake-prone regions. Meanwhile, Bechtel has been to investigate a way to make smaller, more modular plants.
I then posted it on Facebook and it prompted this interesting discussion.
David Davies This is a very negative & reactionary thing to do right now while there are still 1000’s of unaccounted people from the Tsunami and most people are basing their reactions on sensationalist unbalanced media reports.
March 16 at 11:18pm ·
Ken Swartz It is certainly time to turn the lights out on building nuclear power plants on beaches in Tsunami prone areas!
Thursday at 1:34am · · 1 personLoading…
Tricia McDonald Bell When these plants out way the risk to human lives with the resource that was the reasoning for there existence. How can we keep these open ? Look at what our earth has to work so hard to reclaim. Our mother earth seems very angry that this is a question.
Thursday at 4:22am ·
David Davies ”The Legacy of Chernobyl”
Zhores A. Medvedev PhD; Paperback
… But for most people its easier just to believe the rhetoric
Zhores A. Medvedev PhD; Paperback
… But for most people its easier just to believe the rhetoric
Thursday at 7:34am ·
Irina Svirid Looks like the next generation will have more brain power (= people with two heads) to answer this question…
Thursday at 2:11pm ·
Michael Gale now if you would all go vote in the poll and post these comments on the blog………….
Friday at 10:16pm ·
David Davies
if 7 days after 9-11 you created a “poll” asking people if the US should nuke Iran the result would probably be “yes” too.
if you’re just looking for knee jerk reactions, based on media hype and scaremongering in order to oppose Nuclear Ener…gy then now is absolutely the right time.
In a few months the actual impact will be known and people will be able to voice opinions based on real information.See More
if you’re just looking for knee jerk reactions, based on media hype and scaremongering in order to oppose Nuclear Ener…gy then now is absolutely the right time.
In a few months the actual impact will be known and people will be able to voice opinions based on real information.See More
Friday at 11:24pm ·
Michael Gale These polls have to go up immediatey. Interest wanes quickly! Its amazing how topical it all is. See how fired up y’all are
Yesterday at 12:20am ·
David Davies For those of you comfortable overseas, you can revel in your (to be short lived) propaganda victory against Nuclear Energy. For people here in Japan, we prefer to focus our concerns on victims of the Tsunami, which is a real disaster.
Yesterday at 12:30am ·
Ken Swartz They built the reactors to withstand a 7.0 earthquake and guard them with a 25 foot wall. The wave went right over it. Why hedge your bet? Build it to withstand a 9.5 earthquake (largest in recorded history) and a 50-100 foot wall. Or move it to higher ground. Just saying.
Yesterday at 1:15am ·
Ken Swartz And it goes without saying that we pray for the victims of this horrible disaster. Be safe.
Yesterday at 1:27am ·
David Davies
They did a LOT of things wrong, the implimentation was botched and they ignored warnings about the safety of the location.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-17/japan-s-nuclear-disaster-caps-decades-of-faked-safety-reports-accidents.html… Nowadays that’s the way things happen in Japan, it is not at all the same culture that made Japan the No 2 economy in the world. But the actual danger posed by the incident is blown out of all proportion by the media. The fact is, that despite everything that went wrong the nuclear incident is a trivial part of the real disaster, and the final impact will be minor.See More
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-17/japan-s-nuclear-disaster-caps-decades-of-faked-safety-reports-accidents.html… Nowadays that’s the way things happen in Japan, it is not at all the same culture that made Japan the No 2 economy in the world. But the actual danger posed by the incident is blown out of all proportion by the media. The fact is, that despite everything that went wrong the nuclear incident is a trivial part of the real disaster, and the final impact will be minor.See More
Yesterday at 1:32am ·
David Davies
And 100 Million people still live here at very real risk of an aftershock or tsunami.
There are major aftershocks every day still, a week later. But instead of hearing news and information about the real threat, all we hear is news about… Fukushima which could never do comparible damage.
It sure must be more exciting for people outside of Japan, because its a hot topic of international debate, but it is extremely unhelpful to those of us still here, with friends here or for the 1000’s suffering from the original disaster.See More
There are major aftershocks every day still, a week later. But instead of hearing news and information about the real threat, all we hear is news about… Fukushima which could never do comparible damage.
It sure must be more exciting for people outside of Japan, because its a hot topic of international debate, but it is extremely unhelpful to those of us still here, with friends here or for the 1000’s suffering from the original disaster.See More
Yesterday at 2:17am ·
Beverly Swartz Bul I don’t think “exciting” would be the term that comes to mind. Horror and disbelief might be. The Doctors without Borders in Virginia are being asked to sign on for 9 month commitments, so hopefully this will be considered helpful. Nothing but heartfelt condolences to you all.
Yesterday at 11:15am · · 1 personLoading…
David Davies
Yes, along with my wife and just few rational friends. Literally 1000’s of other foriegners have run away and selfishly diverted resources that should be focussed right now on helping people in the freezing Tsumani effected areas. The irr…ational panic over non-existant radiation in Tokyo is costing lives.
One ray of light is that BBC seem to have done an about face on their sensationalist stance as of this morning.See More
One ray of light is that BBC seem to have done an about face on their sensationalist stance as of this morning.See More
22 hours ago ·
Horace Lim Me thinks NEW nuclear power plants are on hold for another 20 years? Now let’s examine all the generation 1 nuclear plants built around earthquake faults…
22 hours ago ·
David Davies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-asia-pacific-12785274
BBC seem to be the first news service to see reality and try to save face. All the others will either follow or be left looking stupid.
Those of us here in Japan will always reme…mber that at the time of a genuine disaster what the world cared about most was the anti Nuclear political agenda.See More
BBC seem to be the first news service to see reality and try to save face. All the others will either follow or be left looking stupid.
Those of us here in Japan will always reme…mber that at the time of a genuine disaster what the world cared about most was the anti Nuclear political agenda.See More
21 hours ago ·
Michael Gale Do you think its politics? Aren’t people just worried and the Japanese Govt giving mixed signals and not appearing open after all the past cover ups about safety breaches? People expect Govts to come clean when stuff happens and mixed messages look bad.
21 hours ago ·
David Davies
Nobody trusts the Japanese government or Corrupt officials at TEPCO. And if were were not in the middle of a REAL disaster with a clear and present danger of further quakes and tsunami’s then this Nuclear incident would be a great discussio…n and we would learn a lot from it. We can still do that LATER.
But right now it is a trivial distraction that diverts life saving resources away from where they should be.
I strongly support your right to voice your opinion and push a political agenda, but I wish people would do so at an appropriate time when there are not negative implications.See More
But right now it is a trivial distraction that diverts life saving resources away from where they should be.
I strongly support your right to voice your opinion and push a political agenda, but I wish people would do so at an appropriate time when there are not negative implications.See More
21 hours ago ·
Michael Gale
Challenging isn’t it. I of course don’t have an opinion at least not one I ever let on. I just keep promoting the web as a way to get global democracy and all my poll originators scan for what is getting political traction and then poll it.… The inappropriate timing issue comes up a lot. Another one is how a poll extends the life of an issue. Our “Is Obama an American Citizen?” gets a lot of criticism for giving credibility to what some say should not be a legitimate issue but we found that a third of GOP politicians have publicly stated he isn’t so it really is a legit political issue even if distasteful. This being an impartial platform is harder than I ever imagined!
