To be or not to be....

Nuke or not?

This is the question we must be asking ourselves these days. The recent events in the Japanese Nuclear plants have made the "inconvenient topic" take a stand.

Meanwhile, people are living next to Nuclear Reactors leading "normal" lives....or at least this is what we are "forced" to think. Do not forget Erin Brockovich...it was not just a film, it was a real story, and this year she (the real character) has began a new fight against the same company, for the same reason.....so you be the judge of your thoughts.

The corporations have grown in size, in profits and workers; but they have forgotten to invest in their own moral values....if they have I do apologize for misjudging them.

Nuclear energy, and most of all, nuclear radiation is a topic in which everyone seems to have high levels of expertise. I sometimes feel completely lost... "cold war education", my own worries and logical deductions, the media, and all these experts that seem to know more than anyone....

I got curious and started to dig. I'll share with all of you some of the findings I've come across:

1.- A nuclear disaster and the radiation it emiits, has no comparison what so ever to the levels of an X-Ray , a Computed tomography or a Magnetic resonance. These tests are indeed "radio-active"; but they are nowhere near the levels that one of these nuclear reactors emits when it has "a problem". So I would dare to say, it is useless for some lobbies to use this as a "don't worry" statement...

2.- Nuclear power requires certain elements, that put together create toxic waste that will be present & active in the world for 65.000 years. Now, this is something we should consider....not just because it will affect "our" future, our generations and siblings, but because will we condition the land in which they live in....they will be forced to emigrate to remote "pollution-free" spaces...I don’t even want to think about it.

3.- Nuclear disasters have been a frequent thing. They started long ago in the 50´s in the USSR, deeply silenced by the tough iron fist of communism, in the late 70´s the USA had its chance with "Three Mile Island", then Chernobyl, and now Japan. Well, there have been many more...how many? well 2.053....and this is the "registered" record.

Just point out that "nuclear disaster" includes: testing and experimenting with nuclear energy. I may also add that I have not authorized this...maybe I have and this is hidden somewhere within the roots of the small print you sign when you are a citizen of some countries.

Check out the video, it is long but it is very clear. We can see who is responsible for what....I am afraid to say, there are no surprises here:



4.- Radioactivity affects the Human Body...period. No need to explain how, where, when nor what...we just know that if affects it all.

5.- Radioactive waste will outlive us. Why don't we invest some of our time and energy in developing a sustainable way to treat this harmful waste if we are going to depend on it?

So we really need to re-evaluate things, think big, but also think green (not the topic) but really think where will the electric energy for new cars and motorcycles come from?, the energy for your AC, where does it come from?, the energy that lets you read this blog, where does it come from?....

I know we need energy, let’s look for it.......or do we want to have "extreme holidays?

I am sure that we have our own opinion, so I would like to hear your comments regarding this issue.