Today is the one year anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Japan. It's been a really interesting day for nuclear power. Several thousand people have held protests around the world in an attempt to put an end to nuclear power in their respective countries. Japan has been shutting down its nuclear power plants until it can come to a consensus about how it will get its energy from now on.
While many of its citizens have been thrilled that Japan has been reducing its nuclear usage, it has had a very negative impact on the country as a whole. Japan's economy is taking a nosedive, as it continues to import nearly all of its energy resources. For the first time in years, Japan's imports have exceeded its exports. Its carbon emissions are also at an all-time high.
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/11/148136383/nuclear-woes-push-japan-into-a-new-energy-future
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j2A3r4xeVi3tGK1bRQPPiwcqIiCA?docId=CNG.31f8de9a58d069f4c137be66715677b6.641
I've been reading The Environmental Case For Nuclear Power: Economic, Medical, and Political Considerations. I thought it was really interesting that nuclear energy has 2.7 million times as much energy as coal! It is also healthier for us, because it doesn't cause air pollution. Fossil fuels do, and they also cause our the walls of our air sacs to deform and give us respiratory diseases!
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