Comments on: Man versus Nature http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/03/man-versus-nature/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 By: Felipe Pait http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/03/man-versus-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-5786 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:49:07 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=3476#comment-5786 Krieger is correct. There is only one safe place to put a nuclear reactor – in the sun. The experts who have been telling us nuclear energy is safe are like the economists who had been saying that bankers can regulate themselves because they have an interest in not letting the bank fail. Everybody else thought there was something fishy about 40x leverage, that the banks could collapse, but by and large we deferred to the experts despite our misgivings.

It’s the same thing with nuclear power plants. Engineering common sense says they are not safe. But Very Serious People have been saying they can operate them safely, so we let them go on with their business. Not wise.

I vented off my frustration in my blog. In short, don’t trust anyone over 30.

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