Per the above link, Japan is turning their nuclear plants back on again! This is good news. Just to recap:
- Nobody died at Fukushima.
- Nobody will die to do radiation exposure. In fact, the radiation in the Fukushima area is lower than naturally-occurring radiation in some other parts of the world--places where there is no elevated cancer risk!
- All of the fear was just media hype designed to attract viewers in order to generate advertising dollars.
- Turning off the nuclear plants forced Japan to burn more fossil fuels.
- Burning fossil fuels puts carbon, mercury, and radioactive waste into the air.
- Yes, fossil fuels spread more radioactive waste than nuclear energy, mainly because nuclear keeps it all contained while carbon sources blow it out of smoke stacks.
- But it's the mercury to watch for, because that causes cognitive impairment in newborns, and the carbon, because that's altering the world's climate which may lead to widespread economic collapse.
All in all, Japan turning its nuclear plants back on is a very good thing.
Hurray for sensible energy planning. Boo for media fearmongering.
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