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EU energy chief plays down Japan warning
BRUSSELS, March 16 |
BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - Warnings of a further possible nuclear catastrophe in Japan by Europe's energy chief were based on media reports and his personal fears, his spokeswoman said after the comments alarmed financial markets.
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger earlier warned of "further casatrophic events" in the coming hours in Japan, saying they "could pose a threat to the lives of people on the island."
But his spokeswoman, Marlene Holzner, later clarified the situation.
"He just wanted to share his concern and that he was really touched by all the images of people and the victims...and in this sense, he said that according to we have seen in the media it seems that in the nuclear power plants at the moment we do not have technical control," Holzner told Reuters Insider TV.
"He referred to media reports that say that we could imagine there is a partial meltdown."
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE share index fell after Oettinger said the situation in Japan was out of control and U.S. markets also declined, with the Dow Jones industrial average last standing down 0.9 percent.
(Reporting by Pete Harrison)
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God forbid it gets a bad as it could, which could prove the Commissioner’s initial comments a good bit more honest, and frank.
Somehow, apparently virtually world wide, we have gotten to a state where we try to deny the truth, that is right in front of us, in hopes of preserving the status-quo in various forms — keeping our government or regime in power, keep the financial markets happy (at literally ANY costs,) preserving our way of life, or our personal wealth, or …
There are times, that the greedy and selfishness and shortsightedness and stubbornness and outright stupidity that seems to be regularly displayed by politicians, bureaucrats, and the moneyed interests — in themselves above ALL else — on a world-wide basis, leaves you wondering if there is a snow ball in hell’s chance the human race will survive even another hundred years!
Looking less hopeful with every passing disaster, and day …
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