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In ten years there will still be thinkpieces and photo essays about the disaster of fukushima while the tianjin disaster will end up as a footnote. Despite one
by InclinedPlane 11y ago
In ten years there will still be thinkpieces and photo essays about the disaster of fukushima while the tianjin disaster will end up as a footnote. Despite one being clearly an exclusively human caused disaster and causing a much vaster loss of life.
But fire and explosions we are much more familiar, even comfortable, with as causes of death and injury than creepy, invisible, insidious radiation.
- sjwright 11y agoOr look at Banqiao Dam. What you ask, you've never heard of it? That was a form of electricity production that catastrophically failed and killed an estimated 171,000 people. Fukushima was a flea bite by comparison. Fear of nuclear energy is irrational.
- wiz21 11y ago100% agree. Look at : - asbestos - car exhaust pollution all of those are so silent, so invisible and kill or hurt so many more people.
- xigency 11y agoI think you and many other posters or readers are missing the point of this photo editorial. This isn't the disaster olympics. There are people who still live here, and thousands of people who used to live here who were largely farmers and forced to find new homes. The reason this will be discussed 10 years from now is because there will still be people actively affected 10 years from now. And probably just papers from Tohoku anyway. And finally, the reason you don't hear issues from China being discussed all that often is because of their national policy and attitudes.