Monday May 28, 2012

SquidBert's past comments

  • 1

    SquidBert

    (79 tons is enough to make thousands of nuclear weapons)

    Posted in: No nukes

  • 4

    SquidBert

    @tomoki

    Japan already has more than 79tons of plutonium stockpiled, that they do not know what to do with. Adding to this stockpile will only create problems for Japan.

    Posted in: No nukes

  • 3

    SquidBert

    I seem to remember a couple of weeks after the first explosion, monitors on the U.S. west coast were picking up telltale isotopes that screamed "meltdown", and Japan vehemently denied that a meltdown had occurred.

    Yep, and this was the same time that information went out to the public, warning them not to believe in the "Harmful rumors spread by foreigners"

    Posted in: Edano says he didn't deliberately mislead public about extent of nuclear crisis

  • 0

    SquidBert

    @Wanda-kun, (one more time because the quote got messed up)

    Right. GS has about as much interest in renewable energy as Royal Dutch Shell.

    Well, this was my point, GS has one interest only,and that is money. When even the cold "heartless" companies like GS are ready to invest major dollar in renewable energy. I see that as a valid argument against those that say that renewable energy sources are not ready for prime time. And more than that, I was hoping it was a type of argument that those normally not interested in the environment could buy into.

    Posted in: No nukes

  • 0

    SquidBert

    @Wanda-kun,

    Right. GS has about as much interest in renewable energy as Royal Dutch Shell. Well, this was my point, GS has one interest only,and that is money. When even the cold "heartless" companies like GS are ready to invest major dollar in renewable energy. I see that as a valid argument against those that say that renewable energy sources are not ready for prime time. And more than that, I was hoping it was a type of argument that those normally not interested in the environment could buy into.

    Posted in: No nukes

  • 2

    SquidBert

    Goldman-Sachs says they are planning to invest USD40bilion over the next decade in renewable energy. A company like Godlman Sachs would not even consider getting involved unless they were convinced there are BIG bucks to be made in this sector.

    http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/24/489659/goldman-sachs-to-invest-40-billion-in-clean-energy-the-underlying-thesis-still-holds-true/?mobile=nc

    Posted in: No nukes

  • 1

    SquidBert

    Disillusioned,

    Germany is investing heavily, in renewables. And on Friday last week they reached a record peek production equaling that of 20 nuclear power plants(20GW).

    http://www.rt.com/news/solar-energy-record-break-332/

    Posted in: No nukes

  • 0

    SquidBert

    @zichi,

    There has been lots of internet buzz lately about the fuel pool of reactor 4. I think the buzz basically started with the letter from Senator Ron Wyden after his visit to Fukushima.

    Posted in: Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated, TEPCO admits

  • 0

    SquidBert

    Facebook basically bought out Instagram, the competition, for a cool US$1 billion.

    $1bilion is not too shabby for a 2y/o start-up with 13 employees.

    Well they did have something like 30milion reg. user accounts, but Face book should know all too well that those numbers can be somewhat over inflated.

    Posted in: Facebook makes mobile move after IPO flop

  • 1

    SquidBert

    And that should of course be 0.6mR/hr

    Posted in: Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated, TEPCO admits

  • 0

    SquidBert

    Some additional information about that USS Ronald Reagan measurement.

    From what I can gather it seems they measured 0.6mR direct shine at a distance of 130 miles. So that is something like an increase of 30 times background radiation. But the interesting thing here is that it is direct shine, which means it did not come from dispersed alpha,beta,gamma emitters but rather the radiation sent out directly from the broken reactor.

    Posted in: Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated, TEPCO admits

  • 1

    SquidBert

    Some additional information about that USS Ronald Reagan measurement.

    From what I can gather it seems they measured 0.6mR direct shine at a distance of 130 miles. So that is something like an increase of 30 times background radiation. But the interesting thing here is that it is direct shine, which means it did not come from dispersed alpha,beta,gamma emitters but rather the radiation sent out directly from the broken reactor.

    Posted in: Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated, TEPCO admits

  • 1

    SquidBert

    As for the jumps in radiation readings, you need to understand that the levels could only be measured inland since nobody was monitoring the sea (TEPCO normally did but come tsunami, go the sensors)

    Also thought I should comment on this.

    The USS Ronald Reagan (I think) was measuring the dose out at a distance of something like a 100 nautical miles.
    From what I heard the numbers where kept from the public on request of the Japanese government.

    Posted in: Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated, TEPCO admits

  • 2

    SquidBert

    the MOX fuel on site never reached the critical heat level needed to disperse.

    Do you have a source for this?

    Lots of articles last fall mentioned plutonium being found far(40km) from the reactors. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e3af460-ece6-11e0-be97-00144feab49a.html

    Another interesting fact is that neither those two nor I131 are particularly dangerous, in fact it's about the same as going outdoors without sunscreen. Beta emitters like those three and even Uranium have very low levels of gamma radiation, and the beta radiation is stopped by a simple aluminum sheet or even a bit of water. Ingestion is about the only way that it can affect you.

    I don't think anyone ever said anything else than that Ingestion and Inhalation are the main dangers for areas further away from the reactor. You are however very incorrect in stating that those isotopes are not particularly dangerous. I am not one of those saying that we are all going to die, but the isotopes present a serious health risk depending on the dose. Not fully accepting this will only cause problems for the future.

    The thing to understand here is that the unit used to measure the effective dose (Sv) already compensates for the difference between beta, alpha and gamma emitters by using different weighting factors for different types of radiation and different types of body tissue. Thus the effect of a dose of 1mSv is always the same independent of the radiation source. This is in contrast to gray (gy) which is simply one joule of ionizing energy absorbed per kilogram.

    Posted in: Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated, TEPCO admits

  • 8

    SquidBert

    I'm afraid there won't be any next time.

    Never underestimate a penguin who has tasted freedom. And considering the Tokyo bay water I fully expect him to grow into a giant Pengzuilla within the next 48hours. :D

    Posted in: AWOL penguin #337 captured alive and well

  • -1

    SquidBert

    OK, next up is the Samsung vs. Apple game.

    Posted in: Google cleared in Oracle suit over patents

  • 1

    SquidBert

    Well, at least you had a good run there little #337. Next time, try losing the tuxedo.

    Posted in: AWOL penguin #337 captured alive and well

  • 0

    SquidBert

    I guess I'll be voted down as a conspiracy theorist nut case, but for those interested about the connection between IAEA and WHO, have a look here.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization#IAEA_.E2.80.93_Agreement_WHA_12.E2.80.9340

    and

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkaafpOM2_k

    I actually had not have a chance to listen to the sound track on this one, but the captions seems to be consistent with what I have read and heard earlier on the issue. I guess it is not exactly to be considered objective reporting, but that the connection is there that is for sure and that has been well known for a long time.

    If this connection has had any effect on the report mentioned in this article, I do not know, but I would suspect it had to some degree.

    Posted in: WHO releases mixed Fukushima radiation report

  • 0

    SquidBert

    @Al Stewart, How about HULU's movie selection? Looked a bit thin from what I could see on their website (granted that was a while ago).

    Posted in: Video Pass service launched, featuring unlimited movies, including new releases, for Y590 a month

  • 0

    SquidBert

    Tom DeMicke

    If MS gets its hands on Skype,

    Too late, they already have their paws all over it.

    On 10 May 2011, Microsoft Corporation agreed to acquire Skype Communications, S.a r.l for US$8.5 billion.[19] The company was incorporated as a division of Microsoft, and Microsoft acquired all of the company's technologies with the purchase. This was completed on 13 October 2011.[19][20]

    (Wikipedia:Skype)

    Posted in: Microsoft sees 'rebirth' with new Windows 8 system

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