No Worries: Fukushima Radiation Didn't Make it to L.A. Beaches

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45. I despise nuclear energy.

But I love science. My degree is in physics which is why I have both those stands.

There's too damned much pseudoscience here about Fukushima Daiichi.

No! The sea stars are not melting from Fukushima.

No! The entire Pacific Ocean is not glowing green with neutron decay.

The fish are more endangered by other things we're putting in the ocean, especially CO2, than what is coming out of Fukushima Daiichi.

Not everything is a god damned government or corporate conspiracy. Most scientists are academics and do not interact with either government or corporations. They have low pay, but they have a passion for their work which they very much care to execute and report accurately. The peer review takes care of the outliers.

Some people would have everything they disagree with being a conspiracy. You know, the Alex Jones type. Or Arnie Gundersen.

I can't go there. I have to let the science speak for itself. Then, I form an opinion.

Frankly, Robert, some of the claims I have seen posted here about Fukushima are fucking nuts, with no credible plausibility. The sea star shit, for instance. The fake map, another. And many other things.

Why would anybody against nuclear energy want to make shit up? What purpose would that serve? The science is what the science is. When one makes stuff up one loses credibility when it is revealed to be incorrect. How does that help the cause?

I am with you against nuclear power. One does not need to have the city of San Francisco dissolving into the Pacific -- or sea stars for that matter -- to make a cogent and scientifically accurate argument against nuclear power. Let's leave it at that.