The video demonstrated people’s view on opposing the use of nuclear energy. Nuclear energy has caused not only once, but many devastating results in the human history. Nuclear energy can be safe 95% of the time, but when it does go wrong, the result is not only lethal to our human species, but also the planet earth. But, there’s a big but here: Although people all know about how devastating and catastrophic the nuclear power is, it is still widely adapted in many countries and served as the major power source. Why?

This all comes down to the technology available to us. So far any energy generation technology we have are as bad in efficiency as they could be. For instance we had been relying on coal and natural gas power plant throughout the industrial era. Power was generated by a source that emits heat, which can be redirected to heat up water, which generates steam, which flows through a tube and then eventually to drive a turbine that would generate electricity. The process is long and as wasteful as it can get in any possible way. But this is the most reliable method of generating electricity we have been having. Therefore we can’t really change the process of generating steam, because heat alone doesn’t drive the generator. As a result, people had been seeking a low cost, reliable, and a massive heat generating source that can be used on a large production scale. Coal and gas were the answer, but we soon realized the massive CO2 byproduct pollutes the environment badly, we desperately needs something that will generate as much heat as the traditional material, but with lot less pollution. Nuclear energy was the answer. It is low cost(in the long run), cleaner than coal, generates massive heat, and enable cheap electricity to the backbone of any developing countries — economy.

It is definitely a trend to eliminate nuclear power in the near future to prevent disasters like Chernobyl or Fukushima, but at what cost? It is a cost that anti-nuclear organizations neglect to discuss or face. Ditching nuclear power may be a feasible option in well developed country, but in developing countries where budgets are tight and consumers are high; nuclear power is vital to the growth of the country. Clean and renewable energy is definitely the superior energy to harvest, but to push the movement globally it will require a lot of effort and patience. At the end, will normal people accept triple or even quadruple electricity bill per month so that everyone is benefitting from clean energy? That is yet a question to be proven.