Because I didn't really know much about nuclear power, I decided to briefly research about it. I found out...
Advantages
-emits low amounts of carbon dioxide, only contributes a small amount of green house gases (little global warming)
-technology is already available
-can generate produce a lot of energy in one plant
Disadvantages
-the waste is extremely dangerous
-impossible for a plant to be 100% secured, if accident happened, hurt humans and nature
-target for terrorist attack
-production of nuclear weapons
-energy source=Uranium is scarce
-building nuclear power plants take awhile
So the question is...
Should we use nuclear power to meet our energy needs?
I say that we should use nuclear power. Even though I've typed up more disadvantages than advantages, I still think we should go for it. To begin with, there are other things that are extremely dangerous. Also, you can't have it all. If theres little green house gas, theres a price to pay for that. In addition, there isn't really a lot of things that have 100% security. Plus, I think it should be a risk were willing to take. And the terrorists should know not to mess with us....or else... As for the nuclear weapons, we have used them before and won. Furthermore, too bad if its scarce. We're running out of gas, and we're still using it. As for the time issue, great things take time.
So all in all, I say we take this and fly with it. It's not like the earth is perfect right now with no dangers. We live in a dangerous world already and what's one more going to do to us? Plus, personally in our life time, its not really going to affect us immensely. It's not really going to be our problem at the moment, but people that live generations from now.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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