From CollapseNet
Japan: Winding Down In Progress
Japan: Winding Down In Progress
The
dance continues:
When
there is a finite and scarce supply of any material that is strongly
in demand, there will always be shortages. The shutdowns
of Japan's nuclear reactors has lead to exactly this situation.
A subsequent concern that will need to be addressed eventually: What
is going to happen to all of that radioactive material whether or not
Japan decides to restart their nuclear reactors.
The
law of unintended consequences of Fukushima is and will be to
hastened Japan's demise as an industrialized power.
Japan's industrial capacity, productivity, and efficiency were what
vaulted Japan to be one of the largest economies on Earth.
Post-Fukushima,
Japan's edge is lost and now it doesn't even have the spare energy to
keep Japanese citizens cool. This may seem like only the loss
of a luxury, but it is foreshadowing for worse electrical situations
to follow if Japan can't replace it's nuclear power with
alternatives. This must happen quickly and smoothly or the
Japanese economic miracle will cease to be and forever considered
epilogue. The protests will only grow worse.
Japan
now faces the hard choices that other industrialized people will
face: What are a country's priorities if there is a limited
supply of energy?
The
descisions this generation of Japanese make will help or haunt them
for millennia.
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