RE: When green energy harms the enviroment
March 13, 2013 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2013 at 1:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
It also had serious design flaws in it's backup systems, such as the placement of the diesel generators in the basement due to their weight - a decision made in part to cut costs on structural support and reinforcement required to support those engines if they had been placed in an upper floor - part of the initial design for this plant btw.... coupled with the fact that it was hit by a tsunami that knocked out -everything- else supporting it (before flooding the poorly placed generators)...well.
I suppose it's somewhat sad, that even this particular disaster -had- actually been hedged against (even though it wasn't on the books) but that a cost cutting procedure very early on in construction led (in part) to the eventuality of consequences like this faced with such a scenario. I'd say the green response to this should be "Stop cutting fucking corners you assholes" - not "Nukes are bad, mmkay"...just mho.
I suppose it's somewhat sad, that even this particular disaster -had- actually been hedged against (even though it wasn't on the books) but that a cost cutting procedure very early on in construction led (in part) to the eventuality of consequences like this faced with such a scenario. I'd say the green response to this should be "Stop cutting fucking corners you assholes" - not "Nukes are bad, mmkay"...just mho.
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