Mike Krieger Asks What Is More Dangerous: Building Nuclear Power Plants On Major Fault Lines Or Allowing Central Bankers To Play God?

What is more dangerous, building nuclear power plants on major fault lines or allowing Central Bankers to play God?
 
Bernanke’s Ring of Fire. The horrific human and societal tragedy that has befallen the people of Japan over the past week has brought up many questions with few answers.  One of the most frequent questions I have heard is why would anyone every build nuclear power plants on a major fault line that everyone knew would one day experience a nightmarish earthquake like the one that occurred last Friday?  I am not going to try to answer that question although I think there are many reasons ranging from the fact that Japan is a nation short on natural resources like oil and coal to the fact that there is a strange aspect of human nature that causes us to repeatedly think we can overcome the forces of nature with our superior intelligence manifested in technological advancements. 

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