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In reply to the discussion: Fukushima No. 1 can’t keep its head above tainted water [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)*I* am not proposing TEPCO dump that water. I am not in Japan. I am not a subject of the Japanese Government. I have no control over whether they do so. I simply have the opinion (Which I believe is easily qualified when you look at the numbers I linked to above) that this is of negligible impact to, for instance, the US.
So no, I do not run myself over in suggest that "if we do it won't matter" since WE are not dumping a damn thing (as best we know anyway, the government has a history of not disclosing everything it does within the scope of the MIC)
Saying 'this is negligible in comparison to what we, and other nations have already done' is not the same as saying people should just huck whatever the hell they want into the ocean. This situation is not operating as intended. It's exigent circumstances to an industrial disaster that has to be mitigated. That means operating BEYOND what we would normally allow for risk or exposure. That means addressing the issue via the courts, for fines, restitution, and possible criminal penalties.
None of that is "make excuses for more pollution".