American Wealth and French Nuclear Energy (La richesse américaine et française d'énergie nucléaire)
Some Japanese media reported tonight that the hydrogen explosion that occurred around March 15 in the No.2 reactor unit of Fukushima Daiichi could have been avoided if emergency, forced water input had started four hours earlier than it was actually done.
Many mysteries and problems about the hydrogen explosion and fire that occurred in the four reactor units after the great earthquake/tsunami of March 11 still remain unsolved.
SECTION I: Wealth of the U.S.
It is remarkable that wealth in the U.S. grew so steadily and rapidly through 1980s and 1990s but started to show drastic stagnation and subsequent crazy expansion and a following fall in 2000s.
(Click to enlarge; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_in_the_United_States)
Also, note that the slope of the above curve got a little steeper after 1995. It shows a clear effect of Windows 95.
It might be put this way: now a rich American owns five hamburger shops, instead of one he had in 1983, while a poor American can only eat one hamburger, instead of five, as in 1983.
It should be also noted that during the administration of Mr. W. Bush the American wealth increased by $25 trillion till the 2008 financial crisis. And then with the burst of subprime loan scheme it lost more than $15 trillion in 2008. Accordingly, the Republicans lost the presidential election and the first African American president was elected.
SECTION II: Rhone to Lac Leman
A Japanese journalist traveled from the Rhone to Lake Leman in 1972 (namely from an Mediterranean area to Switzerland)
He loved the landscape along the river but did not know there were French nuclear facilities at Marcoule on this route. But now he thinks that he has understood why Sartre and Camus did not mention this dark side of France.
(to be continued...)
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Probably, there are simple solutions to any modern problems, such as the War on Terror, the EU/American financial crisis, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident of Japan.
Joh 9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
Joh 9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Joh 9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
SECTION I: Wealth of the U.S.
It is remarkable that wealth in the U.S. grew so steadily and rapidly through 1980s and 1990s but started to show drastic stagnation and subsequent crazy expansion and a following fall in 2000s.
Also, note that the slope of the above curve got a little steeper after 1995. It shows a clear effect of Windows 95.
Anyway, this drastic increase in American wealth has not satisfied poor Americans
Number of Americans in poverty hits record high
14 September 2011 Last updated at 01:43 GMT
The number of Americans living in poverty rose to 46.2 million last year, nearly one in six people, according to the US Census Bureau's annual report.
The number of Americans living in poverty rose to 46.2 million last year, nearly one in six people, according to the US Census Bureau's annual report.
The 2010 data shows the poverty rate at 15.1%, from 14.3% in 2009. The number of Americans without health insurance also rose slightly to 49.9 million.
The poverty rate was the highest since 1983, and tied with the level in 1993.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14903732?postId=110262643#comment_110262643So, click on the above figure to see how different the level of American wealth was between 2010, 1993, and 1983. Total wealth in the U.S. expanded five times larger from 1983 to 2010, but the state of poverty eventually remained the same. This is the situation in America. And it could be interpreted that rich, very rich, and super-rich Americans are now enjoying at least five times larger wealth than in 1983.
It might be put this way: now a rich American owns five hamburger shops, instead of one he had in 1983, while a poor American can only eat one hamburger, instead of five, as in 1983.
It should be also noted that during the administration of Mr. W. Bush the American wealth increased by $25 trillion till the 2008 financial crisis. And then with the burst of subprime loan scheme it lost more than $15 trillion in 2008. Accordingly, the Republicans lost the presidential election and the first African American president was elected.
SECTION II: Rhone to Lac Leman
He loved the landscape along the river but did not know there were French nuclear facilities at Marcoule on this route. But now he thinks that he has understood why Sartre and Camus did not mention this dark side of France.
(to be continued...)
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Probably, there are simple solutions to any modern problems, such as the War on Terror, the EU/American financial crisis, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident of Japan.
As we are solution-blind, we cannot solve them.
Only Christ Jesus can open our eyes in Europe, America, and Japan.
Joh 9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
Joh 9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Joh 9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.