Post by jeffolie on Jul 25, 2011 8:09:46 GMT -6
70% in Japan support PM's nuclear-free future, PM doomed
Exports likely to be limited:
Japan's industrial production must appear to face energy limitations from the collapse of available nuke electricity in Japan. Japan's ruling, center dominated form of government can shift to fossil fuels and has ramped up nat gas orders, but existing nat gas electricity production will face limitations such as Japan only has so much nat gas electricity generators currently built. Japan's industrial production and exports will suffer from the lack of electricity for a while until new nat gas electricity generation is built.
Politics matter.
Japan's ruler is going to have to quit. "...66.9 percent think the unpopular prime minister should leave office by the end of August..."
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's handling of their nuke failure contrasts with sucessfull politicians in a crisis that became more popular by championing the average citizens fears such as done during 9/11 by then President Bush or NY City mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's at first appeared to be a capitalist tool of the nuke energy industry and got catch in lies, underplaying the nuke leaks, etc.
Now Prime Minister Naoto Kan's is a convert. Like a newly found religion, Prime Minister Naoto Kan's policy to go nuke energy free is populist but way too late to save his job.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's administration has mostly shutdown Japan's existing nuke energy with 'safety' procedures ... "...two-thirds of Japan's 54 reactors now shut, mostly for regular checks...".
Nuke energy is doomed wherever voters can intimitate elected rulers. Excuses will arise to postpone existing plans for nuke energy in countries where voters can impact elected rulers. But, China still appears to be going forward with a new generation of nuke energy that is advertised as much safer ( maybe as safe as their crashing Bullet trains this weekend, that were also advertised as much safer ).
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70% in Japan support PM's nuclear-free future: poll
Seventy percent of the Japanese public supports centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan's policy to make the country nuclear free in future but most people still want him to quit, a poll said Sunday.
The weekend survey conducted by Kyodo News agency showed 70.3 percent support Kan's policy of ending nuclear power while 66.9 percent think the unpopular prime minister should leave office by the end of August.
Kan said earlier this month that the country must gradually reduce its reliance on atomic power with the eventual goal of becoming nuclear-free, despite fears that power shortages could slow an already limping economy.
The premier, a one-time environmental activist, has said he wants to make clean energy sources a new "major pillar" of the energy mix of the world's third biggest economy, which remains an export powerhouse.
His remarks came four months after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident, the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago.
The premier is under intense pressure to quit from political adversaries who accuse him of having bungled Japan's response to the tsunami which left around 22,000 people dead or missing.
Kan's scepticism about boosting nuclear power in the quake-prone island nation has also set him on a collision course with pro-nuclear lawmakers, both in the conservative opposition and within his own party.
The earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant, which has suffered meltdowns, explosions and radiation leaks into the air, soil and sea.
With two-thirds of Japan's 54 reactors now shut, mostly for regular checks, the country is going through a power crunch in the sweltering summer months.
news.yahoo.com/70-japan-support-pms-nuclear-free-future-poll-191931272.html
Exports likely to be limited:
Japan's industrial production must appear to face energy limitations from the collapse of available nuke electricity in Japan. Japan's ruling, center dominated form of government can shift to fossil fuels and has ramped up nat gas orders, but existing nat gas electricity production will face limitations such as Japan only has so much nat gas electricity generators currently built. Japan's industrial production and exports will suffer from the lack of electricity for a while until new nat gas electricity generation is built.
Politics matter.
Japan's ruler is going to have to quit. "...66.9 percent think the unpopular prime minister should leave office by the end of August..."
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's handling of their nuke failure contrasts with sucessfull politicians in a crisis that became more popular by championing the average citizens fears such as done during 9/11 by then President Bush or NY City mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's at first appeared to be a capitalist tool of the nuke energy industry and got catch in lies, underplaying the nuke leaks, etc.
Now Prime Minister Naoto Kan's is a convert. Like a newly found religion, Prime Minister Naoto Kan's policy to go nuke energy free is populist but way too late to save his job.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's administration has mostly shutdown Japan's existing nuke energy with 'safety' procedures ... "...two-thirds of Japan's 54 reactors now shut, mostly for regular checks...".
Nuke energy is doomed wherever voters can intimitate elected rulers. Excuses will arise to postpone existing plans for nuke energy in countries where voters can impact elected rulers. But, China still appears to be going forward with a new generation of nuke energy that is advertised as much safer ( maybe as safe as their crashing Bullet trains this weekend, that were also advertised as much safer ).
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70% in Japan support PM's nuclear-free future: poll
Seventy percent of the Japanese public supports centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan's policy to make the country nuclear free in future but most people still want him to quit, a poll said Sunday.
The weekend survey conducted by Kyodo News agency showed 70.3 percent support Kan's policy of ending nuclear power while 66.9 percent think the unpopular prime minister should leave office by the end of August.
Kan said earlier this month that the country must gradually reduce its reliance on atomic power with the eventual goal of becoming nuclear-free, despite fears that power shortages could slow an already limping economy.
The premier, a one-time environmental activist, has said he wants to make clean energy sources a new "major pillar" of the energy mix of the world's third biggest economy, which remains an export powerhouse.
His remarks came four months after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident, the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago.
The premier is under intense pressure to quit from political adversaries who accuse him of having bungled Japan's response to the tsunami which left around 22,000 people dead or missing.
Kan's scepticism about boosting nuclear power in the quake-prone island nation has also set him on a collision course with pro-nuclear lawmakers, both in the conservative opposition and within his own party.
The earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant, which has suffered meltdowns, explosions and radiation leaks into the air, soil and sea.
With two-thirds of Japan's 54 reactors now shut, mostly for regular checks, the country is going through a power crunch in the sweltering summer months.
news.yahoo.com/70-japan-support-pms-nuclear-free-future-poll-191931272.html