why doesn't Japan nationalize the nuclear plants NOW?
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:05 PM
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why doesn't Japan nationalize the nuclear plants NOW?
CNN just reports that the PM is furious at the industry for not telling the situation openly. Can't they nationalize the industry?
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:07 PM
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1. then they'll have no one to blame
when they can't fix this.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:19 PM
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9. Same reason US stayed out when the Gulf was spewing oil.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:31 PM
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12. And we're still fucked down here due to the government's inaction. Let's not do the same again n/t
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:33 PM
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14. I am with you, Just giving their excuse. There are capitalist beasts out
there that even our government cannot protect against.
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Tue Mar-15-11 11:22 PM
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It would be very difficult for the top level officials to engage in any face-saving antics if they were to just take over the entire situation... it's much nicer for the top-to-bottom face-saving structures to stay in place while the physical concrete and steel structures collapse.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:08 PM
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2. That would make sense. But since when have the
bought and paid for by the global industries politicians done what makes sense.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:08 PM
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3. Why didn't they do something before, when it might have meant more?
The PM will likely remain mad but do nothing about nationalization.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:10 PM
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4. The owners would love that about now.
Get nationalized before the shit really hits the fan and have the government liable and take the blame.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:10 PM
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5. Why do you assume nationalized nuclear plants...
...would be any better than what they have now? Nationalizing things doesn't automatically make things better.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:10 PM
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6. the right of the very wealthy to make a profit any fucking way they see fit shall not be abridged
Edited on Tue Mar-15-11 10:11 PM by yurbud
even if they kill people doing it. It also applies in countries that use the metric system, not just here.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:15 PM
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7. I wonder if the "Deregulate Everything" insaniacs have woken the fuck up yet? nt
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:18 PM
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8. Because their democracy is just as bought and paid for
as ours. That's the answer to your question.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:26 PM
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10. Well, that would be stupid.
Nationalize them now? Yup, make this all the government's responsibility (which in effect it probably is anyway) AFTER the thing has gone into total meltdown and crisis?! Hell, no ... if I were the Japanese government I'd want to make sure that the industry was held liable and responsible to their very last yen.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:31 PM
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11. lol, the corporations would gladly give the plants to the government. Then the govenment could clean
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:33 PM
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13. Nationalize Fukushima at full book value - Yeah
TEPCO will go for that, just before the execs seek refugee status.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:40 PM
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:44 PM
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16. The PM takes the fall in the end for the thousands of years that the N. of Japan
is uninhabitable, should the worst happen. He must have resources on this instead of dumping it on the company.
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Tue Mar-15-11 11:03 PM
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17. Sounds like Japan has a BP on their hands.
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Tue Mar-15-11 11:10 PM
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18. The Chernobyl plant was nationalized. Didn't work out too well.
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