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In reply to the discussion: Anything you'd like to know about Fukushima? [View all]FBaggins
(28,706 posts)65. You aren't?
I follow the science wherever it leads.
No you don't. You run far afield of reality and somehow convince yourself that the unicorn you're following is "science".
Let's review the most recent evidence, shall we?
Radiation is a likely cause of the sea star wasting.
Radiation is in no sense a "likely cause".
Radiation has been present in the pacific for a long time. There have been several wasting events over the years.
Radiation has been present all over the world for as long as there have been sea stars. There's no difference between the "man-made" radiation and the natural radiation... except that the natural stuff is there in far larger amounts. If those levels of radiation were dangerous to sea stars... they never would have evolved in the first place.
There's no correlation at all between levels of man-made radiation and prior wasting events. The most obvious example being Fukushima... where the water off the coast saw significant (if temporary) increases in "man-made radiation" (particularly on the sea floor) - yet there are no reported wasting events off Japan (or that side of the Pacific).
Radiation from manmade nuclear events has not been ruled out by anyone but science deniers.
What cleverly-worded BS. They haven't ruled out little green men in UFOs either.
Radiation from manmade nuclear events (or any other source) has not been ruled-in by any scientist. Not one.
Yet you think "the science" says that it's a likely cause?
No you don't. You run far afield of reality and somehow convince yourself that the unicorn you're following is "science".
Let's review the most recent evidence, shall we?
Radiation is a likely cause of the sea star wasting.
Radiation is in no sense a "likely cause".
Radiation has been present in the pacific for a long time. There have been several wasting events over the years.
Radiation has been present all over the world for as long as there have been sea stars. There's no difference between the "man-made" radiation and the natural radiation... except that the natural stuff is there in far larger amounts. If those levels of radiation were dangerous to sea stars... they never would have evolved in the first place.
There's no correlation at all between levels of man-made radiation and prior wasting events. The most obvious example being Fukushima... where the water off the coast saw significant (if temporary) increases in "man-made radiation" (particularly on the sea floor) - yet there are no reported wasting events off Japan (or that side of the Pacific).
Radiation from manmade nuclear events has not been ruled out by anyone but science deniers.
What cleverly-worded BS. They haven't ruled out little green men in UFOs either.
Radiation from manmade nuclear events (or any other source) has not been ruled-in by any scientist. Not one.
Yet you think "the science" says that it's a likely cause?
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Well we know the salmon are swimming through it as they swim far lenghts during season.
TheNutcracker
May 2014
#103
Asking and continually insisting that Fukushima is responsible is not the same thing.
hobbit709
May 2014
#22
I was referring to the OP continually blaming Fukushima for the starfish no matter what evidence
hobbit709
May 2014
#26
That was quite possibly one of the least comprehensible posts on Fukushima ever.
NuclearDem
May 2014
#74
Is leprechaun flatulence anywhere near as powerful as hippopotamus flatulence?
hobbit709
May 2014
#100
Here's hoping that you're really the sock-puppet that so many anti-nukes think you are
FBaggins
May 2014
#108
All I can think of when I see rationalwiki is, "Foxnews - fair and balanced news".
Rex
May 2014
#125
How anyone would promote that writer on anything but a RW hate site is beyond me.
zappaman
May 2014
#141
The Environment and Energy group is an excellent place for Fukushima discussions...
SidDithers
May 2014
#27
How will all of that mess affect the pacific nw in the us, and any place else it might wash around?
LWolf
May 2014
#20