Although nuclear power seems to be the most obvious choice of power source for the future because of all its benefits, it also has an innumerable amount of drawbacks. First of all, nuclear energy is made up of Uranium which is a non-renewable material so MORE must be used. Secondly, nuclear disasters can be one of the most devastating incidents on the planet and enough accidents have happened in the past to display how dangerous nuclear power is! For example: September 30, 1999 – Workers in Japan trigger a nuclear reaction by mixing too much uranium into a storage tank at JCO Co. repossessing plant and at least 200 people were exposed to radiation. Go on google and look up “radioactive baby”. NOW. ..
THOSE are the effects of the radiation that comes from the nuclear waste that is dumped in “low population areas”. Radiation is destructive and travels far.
Since there is no long-term solution for nuclear waste disposal, and because nuclear energy is a relatively new source for energy, long-term environmental and health effects remain to be seen. Mostly, nuclear waste is just dumped in low population areas all over the globe, but with the population growing as fast as it is, it is only a matter of time before we will have to find a new solution. Especially if nuclear waste begins to destroy the environment we are trying so hard to protect. What if the plants get contaminated? Then the organisms that feed on them will be affected, including humans!
The effects of nuclear waste are much like the effects of the nuclear fallout: Contaminated soil and groundwater, increased risk of cancer, birth defects, infertility, damaged cells. HUMANS SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO NUCLEAR WASTE. It is not in our nature to adapt to gratuitous amounts of radiation. A lot of types of cancers have resulted from radiation exposure. The list of cancer includes, leukemia, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancers and a whole lot more.
In my opinion, nuclear power MAY be the most resilient source of energy for the future, but we have got to figure out a way to dispose of the waste that comes hand in hand with it. Or why not use renewable energy? Such as, bioenergy (renewable heat energy such as plant matter and animal waste – can yield power, fuel ect.) Geothermal? Wind energy? Tidal energy...there are so many more
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Celebreties Kind of Suck
Around 85% of the earth’s population is live in the state of poverty. Why is this? Are we allowed to blame poor people for their own mess? Is it their fault they been lazy, made poor decisions, and were not able to accumulate enough wealth to support a “standard” way of living? What about their governments? Have they pursued policies that actually harm successful development? Such causes of poverty and inequality are real without a doubt real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less discussed. Behind the promises that globalization ensure – that we will are all interconnected and will help each other out, are global decisions, policies, and standardized practices. These great decisions can only be executed and formulated by the rich and powerful. These can be leaders of rich countries or other global actors such as multinational corporations, institutions, and influential people. In the face of such enormous external influence, the governments of poor nations and their people are left powerless. As a result, in the global context, a few get wealthy while the majority struggle. I’ve been raised in a rather competitive atmosphere. One where the general consensus that “No one can be better off without someone becoming worse off’ can be taught. It’s RIGHT THERE in my business textbook and it makes me sick. It makes it all so much worst that it’s terrifyingly true.
We’re all going to come out of university and join the marching glorified followers whom we used to condemn for the mistreatment and continued devaluation of others lives through the ruthless gathering of wealth. It is sickening in knowing that the world is a place where we let people starve yet celebrities are the golden specks and aspirations in our eyes. Almost half the world lives on less than $2.50USD a day, the GDP of the 41 of the poorest countries is less than the wealth of eitght of the highest earning actors combined. 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day). And most of the media isn’t even focused on these issues! Instead, the media brings light to the deflation of a certain celebrity’s implants! And I have to admit, I buy tabloids and read them religiously…SHAME!
special note to Jackie: this excludes Brangelina
We’re all going to come out of university and join the marching glorified followers whom we used to condemn for the mistreatment and continued devaluation of others lives through the ruthless gathering of wealth. It is sickening in knowing that the world is a place where we let people starve yet celebrities are the golden specks and aspirations in our eyes. Almost half the world lives on less than $2.50USD a day, the GDP of the 41 of the poorest countries is less than the wealth of eitght of the highest earning actors combined. 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day). And most of the media isn’t even focused on these issues! Instead, the media brings light to the deflation of a certain celebrity’s implants! And I have to admit, I buy tabloids and read them religiously…SHAME!
special note to Jackie: this excludes Brangelina
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