In Japan, there is a huge earthquake once or twice every few years. There are also over fifty nuclear power plants. As you may know, one of these, Fukushima, was destroyed by a huge earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The Fukushima plant is still draining dangerous radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Personally, I object to nuclear power plants being used as the main electricity supply because they can easily get out of control.
Many people have learned this through horrible experience. In
my case, our family installed solar panels on our family’s house so as to make
power via an eco- friendly system. In NZ there are no nuclear plants, so I
think there is no need to rely on them in other countries. In Japan, we have
faced a huge safety issue about nuclear power plants, but not everyone has been
affected to the same degree.
There are various ways to make electricity - all Japanese people
have realized this. However, things will not change so easily. A lot of large
companies and government are in favour of using nuclear power plants. We are
not supposed to publically post our own opinions on social networks if we work
in large companies, and many Japanese people do work for these companies. So comp[anise have a lot of influence over
what we say in public.
I feel, as a country, we are in need of empathy and
imagination. Without the freedom to use our own word, our life looks like a
silent film. I wonder who might act honestly and bravely to solve this problem?
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