tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4365869394293568973..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: March 10 2011: Will Water Set the World on Fire?Ilargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1854360314082496242011-03-13T09:12:03.576-04:002011-03-13T09:12:03.576-04:00NHK sends non-stop program here focusing in tsunam...NHK sends non-stop program <a href="http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/" rel="nofollow">here</a> focusing in tsunami/ nuke issue. Don't worry it's in English (^_^)lautturihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269968661393439346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6277245389503632672011-03-13T09:11:31.318-04:002011-03-13T09:11:31.318-04:00New post up.
How Black is the Japanese Nuclear...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-13-2011-how-black-is-japanese.html" rel="nofollow"><b>How Black is the Japanese Nuclear Swan?</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51024594671303142552011-03-13T09:03:19.211-04:002011-03-13T09:03:19.211-04:00I found the following to be an educational comment...I found the following to be an educational comment in ZH. Since you cannot link to comments, I thought I would insert it here.<br /><br />-------------------------------<br /><br /><br />I’m not an expert on nuclear reactors. I taught in the nuclear power program of the US Navy some years ago, meaning I was competent to discuss some aspects of reactors, and specifically the type the navy uses. el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89394774041248256872011-03-13T05:05:06.414-04:002011-03-13T05:05:06.414-04:00At least a partial meltdown has occurred, it has b...At least a partial meltdown has occurred, it has been mostly confirmed, making this accident worse than three mile island, but still expected to be below tsernobyl in terms of long-term environmental damage and public health hazard, if the evacuation zone is large enough, and if most of the dust and radioactive vapor does fall out over the pacific, and doesn't enter the foodchain too swiftly.Supergravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16330259051452619245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68045244125554153072011-03-13T05:05:03.625-04:002011-03-13T05:05:03.625-04:00This is for Stoneleigh. The cyberwars seem to be ...This is for Stoneleigh. The cyberwars seem to be expanding. Long live "V"<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6neBzTnOQ&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />RobertBiologique Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410194284794713409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22848179677203824252011-03-13T05:00:22.257-04:002011-03-13T05:00:22.257-04:00DIY, and others, you are quite right about the sho...DIY, and others, you are quite right about the shock wave. I saw it too on broadcast of explosion at Japanese nuclear plant. The shock wave is visible because the air is highly compressed and light is refracted due to differences in air densities. <br /><br />It is often visible in first order explosions.<br /><br />A classic example is the Henderson Nevada PEPCOM explosion. A vicious fire ofBiologique Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410194284794713409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7782763474404505122011-03-13T01:08:25.482-05:002011-03-13T01:08:25.482-05:00@I.M Nobody
Indeed. It's not a matter of turn...@I.M Nobody<br /><br />Indeed. It's not a matter of turning off the lamp on the other side of the room.<br /><br />If I had even so much as scrolled down a bit on the Wikipedia article past the table listing the power output for each reactor.<br /><br />On occasion I have an exquisite ability so make myself look foolish.<br /><br />ex·quis·ite/ekˈskwizit/<br />Adjective: Extremely beautiful soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67471413784982162122011-03-13T00:52:33.903-05:002011-03-13T00:52:33.903-05:00@ soundOfSilence
Full disclosure, all I know abou...@ soundOfSilence<br /><br />Full disclosure, all I know about nuclear reactors is what I read.<br /><br />The operators never had any choice in the shutdown of the reactors. They shutdown automatically as soon as the quake was detected by a system known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram" rel="nofollow">SCRAM</a> (safety control rod axe man). So named because when the first ever Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10217760241828106812011-03-12T23:21:41.685-05:002011-03-12T23:21:41.685-05:00Nassim said...
I can't quite understand why t...Nassim said...<br /><br /><i>I can't quite understand why they could not ventilate that building if hydrogen was building up.</i><br /><br />I know we're talking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant" rel="nofollow">6 reactors</a> running at 100% producing just under 4,700 MW which is no small amount of electricity (and turning off the electricity in the soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72992318735329951562011-03-12T21:40:13.982-05:002011-03-12T21:40:13.982-05:00logout
Mish is just too politicised, and that is ...logout<br /><br />Mish is just too politicised, and that is the main problem in the USA as best I can tell (IMO).<br /><br />So I for one don't and won't but thanks for the linking effort anyway :)Glennjeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717673597621943322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69279082176449758802011-03-12T20:29:27.036-05:002011-03-12T20:29:27.036-05:00http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/
Does...<a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><br />Does anyone at all bother reading Mish any more?scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52476369263490833792011-03-12T20:22:44.187-05:002011-03-12T20:22:44.187-05:00Apparently a quarter of electric power is derived ...Apparently a quarter of electric power is derived from nuclear in japan, this segment seems practically irreplaceble by alternatives.<br />As the population would now become more fearful of accidents, and it becomes exceedingly politically difficult to facilitate nuclear expansion or maintenace of current infrastructure, and being the third most intensively nuclear-powered nation after the US andGravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28745326935348437502011-03-12T20:11:02.662-05:002011-03-12T20:11:02.662-05:00Melt - Souxie and the Banshees<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9BRybzot_o" rel="nofollow">Melt - Souxie and the Banshees</a>Glennjeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717673597621943322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89033916361985237992011-03-12T20:09:48.672-05:002011-03-12T20:09:48.672-05:00DIY - huh! Looking at your clip, I'd agree wi...DIY - huh! Looking at your clip, I'd agree with the shock wave- but you know; if you look at the clip I linked to- it's from a different camera, for sure; and it looks different. I may be projecting- but to me in some of the stop-frames I've been able to manage it looks like there's an actual flame front, which poofs out when it hits a very sudden limit.<br /><br />Hot diggety, Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31049649345072369812011-03-12T19:29:28.055-05:002011-03-12T19:29:28.055-05:00I can't quite understand why they could not ve...I can't quite understand why they could not ventilate that building if hydrogen was building up. All they needed was a hole in the top. That part of the building is intentionally flimsy to allow people to refuel out of the weather.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.beyondnuclear.org/storage/post-images/bwr-mk1i.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1299944680212" rel="nofollow">Sketch of Fukushima Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15200696268554946132011-03-12T19:29:02.003-05:002011-03-12T19:29:02.003-05:00Re: insurance
Those investing in personal and/or ...Re: insurance<br /><br />Those investing in personal and/or community productive capacity might want to give some thought to physical infrastructure resilience in an era where private insurance will probably be a luxury few can afford.<br /><br />Fire and wind are the main threats in my area, so all outbuildings I have constructed over the years are primarily heavily reinforced concrete. (I haveThe Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891095083924427554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32638127634801960532011-03-12T19:24:46.967-05:002011-03-12T19:24:46.967-05:00Would a nuclear sarcophagus become necessary if a ...Would a nuclear sarcophagus become necessary if a meltdown has indeed occured?<br />If separate reactor facilities have been damaged, and remain non-operational for a prolonged period, even without further accidents, it doesn't seem possible to timely replace or substitute the electric generation that's now been interrupted, peak energy [density] may have been passed in Japan. This event Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76121606579790935872011-03-12T18:56:02.717-05:002011-03-12T18:56:02.717-05:00Greenpa,
You were probably looking for this video...Greenpa, <br />You were probably looking for this video clip: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-FIK64JDJI&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-FIK64JDJI&feature=related</a><br /><br />The Beeb has an expert commenting on the explosion, and he says it looks like H2. What you are seeing is apparently a shock wave propagating upward from the buildingJim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-88145273062725247492011-03-12T18:26:16.301-05:002011-03-12T18:26:16.301-05:00BBC "Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano conf...BBC "Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirms that the concrete building surrounding the steel reactor container has collapsed as a result of the blast, but the steel containment chamber itself had not been damaged."<br /><br />um. no, you really can't "collapse" the concrete, via external explosion, down onto the steel, and not "damage" the steel...Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21055988943669858542011-03-12T18:11:00.619-05:002011-03-12T18:11:00.619-05:00Had to dig to get it; but a version of this video ...Had to dig to get it; but a version of this video was up on the front page of the BBC minutes after the reactor explosion; can't find it now.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4uogOEUrU<br /><br />This is Japanese news TV; it's at 0:47 in the video that the cut back to a different video feed that actually shows the moment of the explosion. If you slow it down, you can see the Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49451902396734244212011-03-12T17:18:32.714-05:002011-03-12T17:18:32.714-05:00SFV has weighed-in on the nukey dookie in a detail...SFV has weighed-in on the nukey dookie in a detailed fashion over at his place.benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338619620804720116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39834947661427765232011-03-12T17:09:12.697-05:002011-03-12T17:09:12.697-05:00Japan pleads for more energy supply from Russia
E...<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/japan-quake-russia-idUSLDE72B0H120110312" rel="nofollow">Japan pleads for more energy supply from Russia</a><br /><br />Energy dominoes.<br /><br>Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80996715211567802562011-03-12T15:12:43.757-05:002011-03-12T15:12:43.757-05:00The event at Fukushima looks to me like a hydrogen...The event at Fukushima looks to me like a hydrogen explosion in the relatively flimsy building over the reactor vessel. You wouldn't see flames from that reaction since it would run its course in milliseconds. Now that I've seen a diagram of the building, this explanation makes a lot of sense. <br /><br />Thanks to Merrill on TOD: <br />"What appears to have blown off is the weather Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13618661896849492172011-03-12T13:42:48.158-05:002011-03-12T13:42:48.158-05:00Read the bull shit.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...Read the bull shit.<br />http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-12/japan-faces-another-leg-down-in-its-fiscal-health-after-quake.html<br /><br /><br />“This is a Keynesian stimulus program that nobody can argue with: just rebuilding the city of Sendai,” said Marcus Noland, deputy director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, co-author of the 2001 book “No More jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34776565270281305992011-03-12T12:48:37.995-05:002011-03-12T12:48:37.995-05:00Yeah the old broken window fallacy rears its ugly ...Yeah the old broken window fallacy rears its ugly head again. Actually, broken windows are good for the banks if the owners have to take out a loan to fix it, thus increasing the bank's profits and the money (debt) supply. But Japan is leading the world in sovereign debt. This could be the hirsute on the camel's back.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.com