Rossi, Lorenzo and others not racing at Japan

Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motogp/14535466.stm

Reckon they'll be "encouraged" to race due to commercial reasons?
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Well aware of the get out clauses they've put in there. Laughing

Either way it's clear they don't want to, but I wouldn't be surprised if they end up going purely because of the commercial cost.
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I forget the details, but rather suspect they'll get 'worse radiation' from flying there than actually competing there.
If not, certainly from flying around on long haul flights for the whole year.

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https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=225404

Catch up. Laughing

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I'd wager background radiation levels are not the reason riders are worried. The worry are the particles that may have been released when the reactor housing exploded, and they will not be picked up by geiger counters unless they land on the things directly.

The commercial side of things has always given Rossi the hump so I expect him to avoid going at all costs and Stoner seems to be quite in touch with nature so perhaps he'll refuse too.

Will be very interesting anyhow... Thinking

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Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

I don't understand the hostility; I am agreeing with you that background readings are low.

However, I am inclined to agree with Gundersen (who's 6min mini-talk on YouTube I posted) with the dangers of so called 'hot particles'. For the record he has a masters in Nuclear engineering and was called as an expert witness in the Three Mile Island case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Gundersen

Go home and watch it and perhaps you'll learn some more.

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dogbot · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Mar 2011 Karma :

No hostility intended - trust me, if there is, you won't need to ask. Mr. Green

However, I'm not sure of the validity of this (because I'm not a nuclear scientist), although I have attempted to read some of the "official" reports - and they are mostly beyond my understanding.

Meanwhile, whilst I've heard rumours that differing views may exist (for example, from the gf of one of Nicky Hayden's pit crew), I haven't seen anything in a very official looking capacity (ie, not via YouTube, Wikipedia etc).

That's all I was getting at. Smile

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dogbot · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Mar 2011 Karma :

Does he present any actual evidence in the video? If he has recorded some evidence from the site and area which contradicts the other reports and evidence, then he has something worth listening to, at least.

However, without any of that, it's just conjecture, no? No different to what you and I are doing here, speculating...

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dogbot · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Mar 2011 Karma :

No offense taken, they probably do - as I say, this is not my subject by any means.

However, it's science, and science requires evidence. Simples.

There's plenty of people on YouTube who swear blind there were no planes on 9/11 too, and most of them think they have some kind of evidence, but when investigated, it either doesn't exist at all or is so flimsy a fart would blow it away...

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My other question is this...

If it's too dangerous to hold a race event there, wouldn't there have been a greater effort to evacuate the people living nearby? If it's that dangerous, would not these people have potentially suffered a catastropic level of radiation by now, and wouldn't we be seeing related ongoing deaths?

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Does your rating of that post mean that you can't answer it, brains?

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Wasn't that better, actually making an adult reply explaining yourself? Laughing

Anyway, the video is - as expected - completely free of actual evidence. He talks about what he found, but he doesn't actually present it for review, unlike all the reports saying it's safe. MarJay has missed fuck all that's pertinent to the discussion. I could put a video on YouTube with a load of scientific stuff I'd Googled, too. Wouldn't make me right.

Let me guess... Do you believe there were explosives in the WTC on 9/11, too? I bet you do. After all, someone on the internet said so!

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