It isn't *likely* to have such an event, but it is *possible*. No other power source has that potential killing capacity. Construction of wind, solar, hydro have fatalities. So does every other thing on the planet. They don't have any significant operational dangers. (Hydro needs planning to prevent people living below the dam or having adequate high ground to evac too but otherwise is perfectly safe).
The dam failures killed an estimated 171,000 people[1]; 11 million people lost their homes.
Saying "shouldn't live beneath a dam" is the same as saying "shouldn't live near a nuclear plant". Hydro has been proven to be a serious threat. Nuclear power generation? Not as much.
You could say *anything* has the potential to kill millions, but that doesn't automatically make it true.
I was just in downtown Vancouver today, and you should see how many people were down there wearing Canada/Canuck Jerseys, volunteering their time to clean this city up. People are writing apologies to the world for this embarrassing behavior by a few people, on the temporary plywood that's been put up in store windows.
Those are true hockey fans. Those are true Canadians.
They hire kids, pay them peanuts, give them little or no training, and basically tell them, "Don't think! Just do what the computer tells you to do."
How true. My friend and I went to the IGA near us, and my friend bought a $1.80 pop. The cashier rang it up, and my friend paid with a $2 coin. Well, the cashier ended up giving him about $18 in change. We were surprised as hell that the cashier didn't notice. My friend just walked out, change in hand.
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It isn't *likely* to have such an event, but it is *possible*. No other power source has that potential killing capacity. Construction of wind, solar, hydro have fatalities. So does every other thing on the planet. They don't have any significant operational dangers. (Hydro needs planning to prevent people living below the dam or having adequate high ground to evac too but otherwise is perfectly safe).
I'll just leave this right here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam/
The dam failures killed an estimated 171,000 people[1]; 11 million people lost their homes.
Saying "shouldn't live beneath a dam" is the same as saying "shouldn't live near a nuclear plant". Hydro has been proven to be a serious threat. Nuclear power generation? Not as much.
You could say *anything* has the potential to kill millions, but that doesn't automatically make it true.
I was just in downtown Vancouver today, and you should see how many people were down there wearing Canada/Canuck Jerseys, volunteering their time to clean this city up. People are writing apologies to the world for this embarrassing behavior by a few people, on the temporary plywood that's been put up in store windows.
Those are true hockey fans.
Those are true Canadians.
Turn them into a cool clock with a nifty, nerdy, hack job.
http://alan-parekh.com/projects/hard-drive-clock/
Worried about retained data? A few rare earth magnets would take care of that, no?
Dear China,
This is just a polite reminder that we have $200,000,000,000 of yours. Nothing to be alarmed about. Have a nice day.
Mr. Bush.