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| Japan starting to suffer after shutting down nukes |
| 2012-03-09 |
| From the D'Oh! Department Japan has at least temporarily shut down an industry that once generated a third of its electricity. Japan's PM has called for re-starting the plants, but waffles by saying he will wait for approval from communities near the plants. The country has avoided obvious power shortages by a drastic conservation program. Alternative sources have been ramped up, at greatly increased cost. Economists blame Japan's recent annual trade deficit, the first in over 30 years, on these higher energy prices. Japanese have expressed conflicted feelings on this issue. They want the benefits of cheap power with no risks. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #11 It gets even worse. N and S Japan have different generating systems, one 50 hz ant the other 60 hz, so they are incompatable with each other for intertie or redirecting power. No nukes means more shortages and negative economic impact. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-03-09 11:25 |
| #10 It's a Confucian saying (which I invented just today), TW. It did sound terribly profound, dear g(r)omgoru. Well done. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-03-09 11:08 |
| #9 It's a Confucian saying (which I invented just today), TW. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-03-09 10:45 |
| #8 Or as Heinlein would say, more "bad luck". |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-03-09 08:18 |
| #7 Maybe we aren't giving Japanese pols enough credit here. The public was demanding that the nukes be shut down. Now the public has learned what that means. Pretty soon they'll be demanding that the nukes be restarted. Viola, democracy! |
| Posted by: Iblis 2012-03-09 07:34 |
| #6 Stupidity is neither a crime nor a sin, but it can be deadly. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-03-09 06:13 |
| #5 I'm sure the politicians all felt really good last year about turning off the nukes. I mean -- they hadda do something! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2012-03-09 06:05 |
| #4 Stupidity is not a crime---it's a sin! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-03-09 03:06 |
| #3 Ready! Fire! Aim! |
| Posted by: AzCat 2012-03-09 01:36 |
| #2 Get a grip, Nippon, we all knew that even iff you did shut down the NucPower industry it wouldn't last long, becuz domestic reserves + imports taint enuff to stausfy national requirements. Since HOMER SIMPSON is taken, I'll go wid "SHERIFF BUFORD T. JUSTICE" > THE G *** D *** GERMANS HAVE GOT NOTHING TO DO WID ANYTHING! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-09 01:04 |
| #1 They want the benefits of cheap power with no risks. TANSTAAFL |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-03-09 00:17 |