tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post873707139810939690..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Theodor Adorno: The Veil of TechnologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-66493610682237960702011-03-18T09:36:00.880-07:002011-03-18T09:36:00.880-07:00after visiting a big exhibit on Futurism I realize...after visiting a big exhibit on Futurism I realized how much we now live in their world, the one they envisioned with the worship of machines, speed, sports, violence, war, carsVINCENT FARNSWORTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840705566779483677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-13602759401667696532011-03-17T07:51:15.414-07:002011-03-17T07:51:15.414-07:00That phrase "going forward..." always sc...That phrase "going forward..." always scares me to death.<br /><br />The six reactors at Fukushima, by the way, were designed and supplied by General Electric, the same design prototype also employed in the construction of 23 nuclear power plants in the US. <br /><br />(And the same design flaw in the spent fuel rod cooling system exists in all of them.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-22314527303206016892011-03-17T07:35:51.046-07:002011-03-17T07:35:51.046-07:00Tom,
Thanks for that link, hadn't seen it but...Tom,<br /><br />Thanks for that link, hadn't seen it but did hear yesterday that we've got 104 nuclear plants in the US, more than any other country -- and here we find out that Bechtel has built more than half of them. . . . Another advocate for such things on TV last night claiming "this was a lesson we'll learn from, as we go forward" [i.e., building more plants in the US]-- and he kept saying that ("lesson learned"), wouldn't back down when the interviewing kept pressing for some sense of -- what? -- doubt? ? ?STEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-17897536367017427522011-03-16T19:44:45.056-07:002011-03-16T19:44:45.056-07:00Thank you for this, Tom
"stchimom"Thank you for this, Tom<br /><br />"stchimom"Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12312524900784740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-26013580865040389222011-03-16T12:53:40.382-07:002011-03-16T12:53:40.382-07:00Steve,
You'd think that about this time even ...Steve,<br /><br />You'd think that about this time even the technicians of high finance might be backing off the nuclear dream just a bit, but no. Apparently we are still enshrouded by the veil of technology.<br /><br />Don't know if you see "the paper" -- here's Andy Ross in SF Chron today (16 March) on how <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/15/BUKQ1IBPCO.DTL" rel="nofollow">Bechtel might turn to small, modular nuclear plants</a>.<br /><br />With taxpayer bailout billions in loans guaranteed to support construction in these potentially deadly yet still it seems potentially profitable-for-somebody industries, for a helpful Bechtel it's one of those "no-lose" situations... like, say, Iraq?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-20156023401496622622011-03-16T08:24:56.924-07:002011-03-16T08:24:56.924-07:00Tom,
In "A world where technology occupies s...Tom,<br /><br />In "A world where technology occupies such a key position as it does. . . ." "A baby is tested for radiation in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, March 15, 2011" . . . . <br /><br /><br />3.16<br /><br />grey whiteness of clouds above shadowed<br />green of ridge, lighter greens of field<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> position in space, reflected<br /> during and just after<br /><br /> picture, placed in situation,<br /> in relation to “works”<br /><br />grey white clouds reflected in channel,<br />shadowed green pine on tip of sandspitSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.com