I don't know if words with arrows or certain arrangements of words would necessarily qualify as an animation. I thought the "animations" were cool, but would have perhaps enjoyed more of a visual picture instead of flow charts. Although I do know people who really like flow charts. It was also nice to have the expanded information for the periodic table in one place.
Last week's discussions
The nuclear disaster in Japan, though horribly tragic, will hopefully give us pause and allow people to really consider the ramifications of nuclear power and other "as long as it doesn't catastrophically fail we'll be just fine, but if it does we're all totally f*%#ed" technologies. We humans have the ability to use our brains to predict what will happen next, and yet we fail to use that foresight constantly.
I also found it interesting that 98% of radiation exposure comes from drinking milk. Just another reason to not consume dairy! It makes me wonder, how many reasons do we need?
I agree this disaster has made us pause and re-think our values. I hope this will be a wake-up call for many countries and many of the industrial giants who haven't yet caught up to the ideas of "green chemistry" and sustainability. I pray that the word "apocalypse" forever remains a term that we read in books only and never turns into reality.
ReplyDeleteI also agree this disaster has given the world pause in regards to nuclear vs greener methods of energy production. Hopefully the plants already in existence will be immediately subjected to tighter control and scrutiny in terms of the safety of the 1960s and 1970s technology they use and the need to retire old plants rather than allow them to operate past their life expectancies. I also hope that this experience will lead to a dramatic reduction in the number of total plants (old and new) allowed to operate around the world.
ReplyDelete