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Originally Posted by tw
When rebuilding something that actually has an ROI years later, then little if any economic punishment.
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As mentioned above an awful lot of Japanese infrastructure does
not provide a return on Investment.
Also, while only a few of Japan's factories have been damaged, their power generation capacity has taken a big knock and they are now scheduling blackouts around the country. Car production is almost completely halted.
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We know the building containing the reactor core exploded. And nobody is saying why. That is troubling.
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Several sources are saying why. Water being turned into free hydrogen and free oxygen, which then meets a spark. At least, that's what they're
saying.
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How poor is information? Four whole trains completely disappeared. None of those carriages have yet been found. It implies how much remains unknown. Suggests how much higher a death counts will rise. How many tens of thousands? A reasonable number.
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Indeed. Minamisanriku had a population of 17,000, before the tsunami. Around 7,000 have been accounted for in shelters and refuges. That is just one town.