Re:US orders news blackout over crippled Nebraska Nuclear Plant
by nextparadigms on Sunday June 19, 2011 @09:36AM
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It wouldn't surprise me if they tried to cover it up. After all, even the Japanese tried to cover-up how bad the situation really was. Since USA is a lot more invested in nuclear energy (and weapons) it's easy to see why they wouldn't want the media to make a big deal out of it whether it would be deserved or not. And since Obama is planning on adding 2 more nuclear plants, that would make it very tough for him to defend his decision during the election campaign.
But this is why I'm actually somewhat glad that a disaster like in Japan happened. If even with something like that it's hard to break the status quo thinking that "nuclear energy is the only thing that can replace coal energy", imagine how hard it would've been without that. It could've been a few more decades to really change the focus to something else. It took almost a century for people to focus on something different from gasoline to power cars, not because nothing else would've been technically possible (especially if they really tried), but because nobody would've used that technology in their cars even if it was possible.
But this is why I'm actually somewhat glad that a disaster like in Japan happened. If even with something like that it's hard to break the status quo thinking that "nuclear energy is the only thing that can replace coal energy", imagine how hard it would've been without that. It could've been a few more decades to really change the focus to something else. It took almost a century for people to focus on something different from gasoline to power cars, not because nothing else would've been technically possible (especially if they really tried), but because nobody would've used that technology in their cars even if it was possible.
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