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If Fukushima is a major event, with no fatalities, what does one consider the Banqiao Dam event, with 170,000 fatalities? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao
by xrange 9y ago
If Fukushima is a major event, with no fatalities, what does one consider the Banqiao Dam event, with 170,000 fatalities?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam
- mistermann 9y ago"That's different!"
- adrianN 9y agoAlso a major event, but in a category that is almost completely irrelevant to the current discussion.
- vkou 9y agoA sign that we should shut down every single hydroelectric power-plant in the world. Or, we could be reasonable about these things, and understand that power generation at an industrial scale will kill people.