[net-gold] DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES : COUNTRIES: JAPAN: What Japan's Disaster Tells Us About Peak Oil
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- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:59:04 -0400 (EDT)
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DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES :
COUNTRIES: JAPAN:
What Japan's Disaster Tells Us About Peak Oil
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What Japan's Disaster Tells Us About Peak Oil
Brendan Barrett
for OurWorld 2.0
Guardian.co.uk
Monday 4 April 2011 11.03 BST
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/04/japan-disaster-peak-oil
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For large parts of eastern Japan that were not directly hit by the tsunami
on 11 March 2011, including the nation's capital, the current state of
affairs feels very much like a dry-run for peak oil. This is not to
belittle the tragic loss of life and the dire situation facing many
survivors left without homes and livelihoods. Rather, the aim here is to
reflect upon the post-disaster events and compare them with those normally
associated with the worst-case scenarios for peak oil.
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The earthquake and tsunami affected six of the 28 oil refineries in Japan
and immediately petrol rationing was introduced with a maximum of 20
litres per car (in some instances as low as 5 litres). On 14 March, the
government allowed the oil industry to release 3 days' worth of oil from
stockpiles and on 22 March an additional 22 days' worth of oil was
released.
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The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which serves a population of
44.5 million, lost one quarter of its supply capacity as a result of the
quake, through the closedown of its two Fukushima nuclear power plants
(Dai-ichi and Dai-ni), as well as eight fossil fuel based thermal power
stations. Subsequently, from 14 March 2011 onwards, TEPCO was forced to
implement a series of scheduled outages across the Kanto region (the
prefectures of Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and
Kanagawa).
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While the thermal power stations may restart operations soon, the overall
shortfall will become even more difficult to manage over the summer period
when air conditioning is utilized. The reality is that these power cuts
could continue for years, especially since the one of the two Fukushima
nuclear plants has effectively become a pile of radioactive scrap.
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Related to this, when the Tokyo Metropolitican Government began to
announce levels of radioactive contamination of drinking water above
permissible levels, this was immediately followed by the rapid sell-out of
bottled water, even after the levels dropped again. When bottled water is
on sale in local convenience stores after some restocking took place, each
customer is only allowed to purchase one 2 litre bottle.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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