I'm making a note here: Huge success.

Only got halfway through the subject line before my mind auto-completed as "Google To Rival Apple by ... Further Expanding Market Capitalization."

Putting wind farms near "population epicenters" (points on the earth's surface directly above the origin of the population?) makes me think of vast colonies of mole people...

It's been more than two weeks. The larger concern identified isn't a minor safety flaw with the backup cooling; it's that the flaw was identified four years ago and hasn't been fixed.

From the article:
"Union of Concerned Scientists nuclear expert Dave Lochbaum told Reuters the agency 'snatched defeat from the jaws of victory,' with its failure to address the issue after it became known in 2012."

The question isn't a non-starter, it's exactly what I was planning on asking. Direct vs Representative democracy has been a non-trivial issue for centuries:

"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." - Edmund Burke (1774)

Technology might have finally made direct democracy a viable option, but that doesn't mean it's a good option.