tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post2844419553892184784..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 10/14/2009 09:05:00 PMJames Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-58835365081149439822009-10-21T13:41:07.301+01:002009-10-21T13:41:07.301+01:00James, excure me for failure to make a cross-refer...James, excure me for failure to make a cross-reference to your previous blog article. I meant your posting on 13 October 2009 featuring a picture at Murodo.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437041108856598560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-47722933828704195782009-10-21T13:35:16.723+01:002009-10-21T13:35:16.723+01:00This is actually a comment to your previous post: ...This is actually a comment to your previous post: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9959776&postID=2844419553892184784 ...<br /><br />In Japan, development of geothermal energy is not so active as expected from the potentiality.<br /><br />Recently I learned that there are two conflicts which lead to the underdevelopment. One is a conflict with nature conservation. Geothermal resources are often in the area of natural park, and the regulation there is usually against any changes to the natural condition. Another is a conflict between older and newer ways of development. The owners of hot-spring baths fear of decline of their sources.<br /><br />Actually I got the informatio from a fiction, a novel called "Magma" (publisher's page of its paperback version is here: http://publications.asahi.com/ecs/detail/?item_id=9208 ) by MAYAMA Jin (author's official web site is here: http://www.mayamajin.jp/ ). It happened in August that he came to talk with me about global warming on the record for a magazine.<br /><br />Though the book is just a fiction, an expert of geothermal energy assures that the factual background of the story is generally correct<br />( http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/grsj/news/magma-book.html ).<br />I guess that the negative aspects of the development may be downplayed for the convenience of story, however.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437041108856598560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-43258080882345912892009-10-16T03:52:58.670+01:002009-10-16T03:52:58.670+01:00Great slide show. I hope you enjoyed your vacation...Great slide show. I hope you enjoyed your vacation as much as the pictures indicate.Steve Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16256167637226194489noreply@blogger.com