Fukushima Fantasy

On June 8th the media was in the habit of flaunting “World Oceans Day”. It was all good news. Nothing about the millions of tons of garbage floating around out there, or the hopeless ocean dumping of nuclear waste.

But not a word about World Oceans Day this year. I suspect that Fukushima pushed this lie to the back of the bus.

Not long ago we were shown TV video of a forlorn looking waterlogged motorcycle from Fukushima that had washed up on an ocean beach near Vancouver. Hello? Motorcycles don’t float. Trust me on this. I’ve owned multiple motorcycles.

But the story gets better. Yesterday we learned that a huge Fukushima loading dock made of concrete had mysteriously come ashore along the west coast of the U.S. So today it’s apparently a steel dock, or a concrete and steel floating dock. Take you pick. Steel and concrete don’t float.

Two weeks ago it was a rusty old Fukushima fishing boat that miraculously drifted across the Pacific to Alaska. It was used for target practice by environmentally sensitive protectors of the busy sea lanes in no-man’s land.

What’s the real message here? Later you will be told that it was the radioactive ocean water that was the problem dummy. When your nose falls off and you’re covered with radiation lesions you will finally realize that the water that brought these newsy little tidbits (the motorbike, the dock and the trawler) also came from Fukushima and glowing water was and is a threat to what was once your good health.

Just like the sub-prime story – it’s your fault for ignoring the obvious. Something to think about on World Oceans Day.