The main argument in Pandora’s Promise is that nuclear power is a safe and clean energy source that can curtail our world wide issue of global warming. In the beginning the people speak a lot about the negatives of nuclear energy and the dangers of leaks and accidents.
- immediate death for 3,000 people from radiation
- Early death for another 30,000 from cancer caused by radiation
- property damage of $7 billion
- Genetic consequences affecting future generation for thousands of years.
But they found that these scare ads were written in the news papers by oil delivery industry in Long Island. They had “solar energy” on the ads because they knew that oil heat could never be replaced by solar panels. Who’s going to pull the sun out during the winter? This is the cynicism of the fossil fuel industry.
The atmospheres temperature has changed immensely over the years due to the burning of fossil fuel. Nuclear energy would be a safe and economic alternative to fossil fuels. One pound of uranium, which is about the size of a fingertip, is the equivalent of about 5,000 barrels of oil.
If you add up all fossil fuel combustion in the United States, from power plants alone, kill about 13,000 people a year. World wide 3 million people die a year from air pollution and power plants.
According to Pandora’s Promise, we are bathed in natural radioactivity daily, it comes from the rocks, the air, the universe… it’s in our food and water.
I agree with this. This movie summarize the change of people’s opinions on nuclear power over time. It was started as nuclear was the worst thing humans have created however at the end it helped really changed people’s mind.
I like how the blog pulls out key details that the documentary states and puts it into perspective as how it effectively convinces one that nuclear energy is not so bad and that all the fear surrounding it has been created by the media. The comparison of how much uranium it takes to make energy vs. oil is also very mind opening as it demonstrates really how much potential nuclear energy has.