Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Administration's Worst Nightmare: Coal. Meanwhile, Radioactive Iodine Now Reported in Tokyo Drinking Water

The half-life of radioactive iodine is 8 days.
The sample contained 1.5 becquerals per kg of iodine 131, well below the tolerable limit for food and drink of 300 becquerals per kg, the government added.
When I read that headline, that radioactive iodine is now found in Tokyo drinking water, I imagined what this would mean if our government reported the same thing in one of our major cities.

I can only imagine the first thing folks would do would be to go to bottled water. I remember San Francisco talking about banning bottled water due to plastic waste, but I don't know the status of San Francisco's plans right now.

Meanwhile, when it comes to energy, the administration's worse nightmare: coal.

And the plan when the President was still a senator -- to bankrupt coal plants:


President Obama on Bankrupting Coal-Powered Utilities


Interestingly, that press conference was held in the same city that wants to ban bottled water.