28 April 2011

Stop the nuclear monsters!

Dear readers,

to my mind a person who is for nuclear energy is a monster, someone who is blind to the thousands and thousands of deaths caused by nuclear disasters, to the various illnesses caused by radiations, to the potential risks for our society. Blind to all this because of profit.

There are two main reasons why people are for nuclear energy: either because they have been disinformed about this source of energy or because they personally profit from the production of it. I believe there are no other reasons why people support nuclear energy. All sensible citizens who are correctly informed about it are against it.

We cannot put the life of future generations at risk just because we want to use an alternative source of energy. After all, I am pretty sure that the consequences of a nuclear disaster will be much worse than the ones of any other natural disasters caused by global warming. Indeed, that is another reason why we should stop as soon as possible producing nuclear energy: with the number of natural catastrophes increasing every year, the risks of having nuclear disasters is growing exponentially, see what happened in Japan.

A human error, an accident, a terrorist attack, whatever happens in a nuclear power station may have disastrous consequences. Do you really want to take that risk? And why? To produce energy? There are many other ways to produce energy and we should really try to use as many renewable sources as possible. Moreover, where shall we put all the nuclear waste? No country in the world has yet found a long-term solution, not even Japan.

Accidents will happen, that’s a fact. Ok, then what will we do in case of one? Well, decontamination procedures, check-ups in hospitals, evacuations, medical treatment, etc.. If the radiation reaches dangerous levels then you may expect to get cancer or other diseases in the future, or maybe your children, or even die in a short time, depending on the circumstances. Every household will need to have a radiation detector and special protective clothing. Furthermore, we will have to organize emergency drills in schools and at work. I definitely don’t want to even think about having to go through all this.

We have to stop these monsters who defend an obsolete, very expensive and extremely dangerous source of energy against the will the people and despite all the risks and the dangers that this technology involves. We have to first get informed from independent reliable sources, then spread this information and let people know what is at stake. We have to raise our voices and fight against this crazy nuclear lobby.

Stop the nuclear monsters!

Bye for now,

Andrew