Japan's cleanup so costly

iluvcats

I looked at a pic of ships that collided and the sad mess that Japan is in. Why not leave it there? Move everyone somewhere else and not allow people to inhabit it?
first paragraph says, "TOKYO – Japan's government said the cost of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast could reach $309 billion, making it the world's most expensive natural disaster on record."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110323/ap_ ... ke_economy

elvistheking44

I assume your questions are rhetorical.

haffajappa

I dont get it... Move who where?

WS41134

"Ilovecats" might be on to something there!
There are many people displaced by this trajedy that whole communities are being moved as one to evacuation centers. Now try and convince those people to go back to a town or city missing 1/2 it's population, no real chances of making money in the next 5 years, ...some might; most- who knows?
There are real communities in that region unlike the fakeness of "most of" Tokyo.
They might even be spooked about going back but the on the other hand the older generation just gets on with it and blanks it out of their minds. (and then there's the foreign work force who might not turn up on Japan's doostep looking for a job- who knows what will happen there too).
The real problem is whether Tokyo will spend the money to rebuild in a (well-known) quake/tsunami/ nuclear power plant area. With Gov. Ishihara remaining tight-lipped about his campaign for governship until just recently, HE will have to choose between "canning" the moving of Tsukiji fish market to a contaminated site, campagning for the 2020 Olympics and countless other "headaches" in the VERY near future.
The previous LDP party OBVIOUSLY didn't care so much about the safety and repercussions of a disaster like this one!(one big money grab back in the 70's and now with reports about incorrect inspections in the last 10 years)
Japan will now either SINK or SWIM...Gambate Nippon!

Keep on rockin' in the free world...
Walter

haffajappa

WS41134 wrote:

"Ilovecats" might be on to something there!
There are many people displaced by this trajedy that whole communities are being moved as one to evacuation centers. Now try and convince those people to go back to a town or city missing 1/2 it's population, no real chances of making money in the next 5 years, ...some might; most- who knows?
There are real communities in that region unlike the fakeness of "most of" Tokyo.
They might even be spooked about going back but the on the other hand the older generation just gets on with it and blanks it out of their minds. (and then there's the foreign work force who might not turn up on Japan's doostep looking for a job- who knows what will happen there too).
The real problem is whether Tokyo will spend the money to rebuild in a (well-known) quake/tsunami/ nuclear power plant area. With Gov. Ishihara remaining tight-lipped about his campaign for governship until just recently, HE will have to choose between "canning" the moving of Tsukiji fish market to a contaminated site, campagning for the 2020 Olympics and countless other "headaches" in the VERY near future.
The previous LDP party OBVIOUSLY didn't care so much about the safety and repercussions of a disaster like this one!(one big money grab back in the 70's and now with reports about incorrect inspections in the last 10 years)
Japan will now either SINK or SWIM...Gambate Nippon!

Keep on rockin' in the free world...
Walter

Yah, my dad was saying that the new PM and government are inexperienced and don't know how to handle the situation.

He also was talking about all the smaller coastal towns which haven't been getting any coverage in the media despite being just as seriously or even more destroyed

Black73

Unbelievably and remarkably, all the employees we have in Japan (I work for a large multi-national co) were accounted for within 48 hours of the natural disasters. My heart goes out to these hard-working men, women and children, and I hope their lives regain some normalcy soon.

brianlux

Here are some interesting thoughts on the situation in Japan from writer James Howard Kunstler (author of THE LONG EMERGENCY etc). I don't necessarily agree with everything Kunstler says but he always comes up with thought provoking ideas. His ideas here imply that Japan may, by necessity, lead the world back to a more basic, simple existence. What are your thoughts on this and other post oil/peak oil issues?

http://financialsurvivalradio.com/028-kunstler-japan/

WS41134

Interesting!

There's a lot of news you just don't hear of abroad from Japan. I read a newspaper that there was some looting and shoplifting around the effected areas. True...you don't hear much about those towns that were wiped off the surface of the Earth on March the 11th.Tonight's NHK news mentioned in detail the companies who were suspending work at their plants, including a company that receives parts/ components for their cars in America. The PM and his "follower's" (if I am allowed to call them that) are very inexperienced.
I also read an excellant comment on why Japan doesn't have ROBOT'S to help the "Fukushima 50" do their work versus why you can get robots that vacumn your kitchen floor, help the elderly "lift" objects and so on.
Makes you wonder...Makeruna Nippon!

I don't want to think...I want to FEEL

Walter

iluvcats

Black73 wrote:

Unbelievably and remarkably, all the employees we have in Japan (I work for a large multi-national co) were accounted for within 48 hours of the natural disasters. My heart goes out to these hard-working men, women and children, and I hope their lives regain some normalcy soon.

My heart goes out to them as well. I can't imagine what it is like there. Now, there is no bottled water available in Tokyo.