Claymore is a large 2-edged sword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders. Imagine you are the highlander and you slash it towards your enemy. If you are strong and skillful, your enemy shall be injured, but if you are not that good and the weapon repel back towards you, you will be in trouble.
The more powerful a tools is, the more danger and risky for you to use it. It is truth for a sword, and so does for a nuclear power plant.
After the Chernobyl disaster that happened in 1986, people treat nuclear energy as the Satan. However, the Ukraine government continued to use the same energy plant until it was fully closed at Nov 2000 .(Only the reactor 4 was exploded, the other 3 did not involve in that incident). This implied that Ukraine desperately need that energy, even though that disaster eventually killed a large amount of human due to the nuclear pollution to the land.
Have you ever done something to reduce the energy usage ? A simple habit such as switch off the light when you don't need it is not just helps to save your bill, but also helps to preserve the energy. For those who still unclear, the supply of electricity is actually determined by the demand.
We are the one who holds the responsibility of the exhausted resource ; we are the one who create the tendency of building a nuclear energy plant. No one will believe that Malaysia has the ability to build a nuclear plant now but please don't deny the possibility for the future.
I do hope that we can develop new technology to generates electricity so that we don't need to rely on such a risky tools.
5 comments:
Nuclear power plants are risky but if the government decides to build one i don't think anyone can stop them.
It happened in Sarawak when the government decided to build the Bakun Dam. It's a HUGE power generator and if something goes wrong and it collapses, its neighbouring towns will perish. Despite all the uproar caused, the government still went ahead with the construction. To make things worse, it was built during a time when Sarawak was facing a power surplus.
Can be found in wikipedia. Search for Bakun Hydroelectric Project
This is a fascinating post, Boon. I really like the way you start it with the discussion of the claymore.
By the way, is it true that the Chernobyl plant was used until 2000? That shocks me. I vaguely remember watching a program that showed the area around the plant looking like a ghost town.
In any case, thanks for this!
This is informative and it is good to save energy, or rather electricity. =)
"great power came with great responsibility" quote use in spider-man movie.
Ha, I got no originality but the above quote is a good advise to heed to.
very touch point and very deep thought. the facts you provided is effective. excellent, really.
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