“I think TEPCO’s behavior brought it the level of critic and commentary that exists now.” I suspect we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one.
My comments were meant to address the various MSM punditry’s pontifications, however. While we all may mean well and be curious, (me as much as anyone), as to what’s happening, much of this - like so much on the web - is much akin to a self-sustaining reaction. Due to the distressingly prevalent level of ignorance and illogic regarding even sinple science, most of this becomes grist for the new luddites’ mill, rather than meat for intellectual and scientific repast. (Witness the almost immediate panic-mongering press/web comparisons to Chernobyl, when none, - in theory or fact exist )
One outstanding reality regarding Fukishima does, however, exist. Its design is very similar to TMI. It suffered a serious meltdown due to operator malfunction. It was located in an even more populous area, (if one takes into account the number of cites and distances “downwind”), yet no one died !! Let me repeat. NO ONE DIED as a direct or indirect result of radiation exposure. No horrible mutations or crop failures resulted. But when reading the proclamations of the luddites at the time it was an event threatening the sterilization of the Eastrtn seaboard !
But the luddites’ rant did have one major impact. They brought to a crashing halt our nation’s early steps to energy bounty and independence. >PS
I am afraid that there is not much we can agree on here but I accept your suggestion that we agree to disagree.