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It has nothing to do with the US. I disagree entirely with your suspicion, it's closer to a conspiracy theory than reality. With regards to the German and Japa

It has nothing to do with the US. I disagree entirely with your suspicion, it's closer to a conspiracy theory than reality. With regards to the German and Japanese response to Fukushima. It happened to Japan, that explains their emotional response quite easily. Germany could afford to be skittish and shut down nuclear, although with a price to pay for less energy security in the short-term. Not enough of the German economy was powered by nuclear for it to be a terminal threat to their economy. France can't afford to consider shutting down 70% of their energy generation any time soon. There's a lot less room for emotional debate there. Sure some people can get upset about it, doesn't matter, they're not closing down their economy. The French are not stupid, they're often practical when it's time to be practical; they're fully aware their economy rides on nuclear.

graycat 3y ago
The issue in article was about being successful BUILDING nuke plants, not "shutting down" the plants: Bluntly, France built lots of plants and Japan and Germany didn't. And as in the Georgia example, the US has had trouble BUILDING. So, the issue I addressed was WHY for the building or not building, nothing about shutting down. Sooo, the lack of fit was that emotional France built lots of plants and rational Germany and Japan didn't -- in addition, the US, awash in science and engineering smarts, has been slow to build the plants and, in the Georgia example, spent way too much money and took way too long, dropped the ball. My explanation was -- France had a government with more power, closer to an autocracy. Explanation in one word, autocracy. Why claim that France can be autocratic? DeGaulle ... Napoleon, Kings. Soooo, if an autocracy had an advantage, why??? It's common, a usual thing: Any major project needs some strong defenses or will get picked on, picked nearly to death, by attackers. Where are the attackers? Easily, politicians, lawyers, and journalists -- on average, attacking is a big part of their jobs. This need for defense against these three sources of attackers holds for essentially any large project of any kind. One source of the defense -- autocracy. Is this more clear???
- nwiswell 3y ago
  https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351839/age-of-nuclear-power-reactors-france/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351839/age-of-nuclear-p... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster Note that the age of reactors is calculated based on the date they were completed, not on the date that construction began.

graycat 3y ago

The issue in article was about being successful BUILDING nuke plants, not "shutting down" the plants: Bluntly, France built lots of plants and Japan and Germany didn't. And as in the Georgia example, the US has had trouble BUILDING. So, the issue I addressed was WHY for the building or not building, nothing about shutting down. Sooo, the lack of fit was that emotional France built lots of plants and rational Germany and Japan didn't -- in addition, the US, awash in science and engineering smarts, has been slow to build the plants and, in the Georgia example, spent way too much money and took way too long, dropped the ball. My explanation was -- France had a government with more power, closer to an autocracy. Explanation in one word, autocracy. Why claim that France can be autocratic? DeGaulle ... Napoleon, Kings. Soooo, if an autocracy had an advantage, why??? It's common, a usual thing: Any major project needs some strong defenses or will get picked on, picked nearly to death, by attackers. Where are the attackers? Easily, politicians, lawyers, and journalists -- on average, attacking is a big part of their jobs. This need for defense against these three sources of attackers holds for essentially any large project of any kind. One source of the defense -- autocracy. Is this more clear???

nwiswell 3y ago
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351839/age-of-nuclear-power-reactors-france/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351839/age-of-nuclear-p... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster Note that the age of reactors is calculated based on the date they were completed, not on the date that construction began.