Japan quakes

[vitaminc]

Sparky, all this talk that we NEED fission, and that we CAN'T replace it with anything right now is pure propaganda by the industry, their lobby, their politicians and press...

You are wrong. For the past 200 years, Japan has been hungering for natural resources from steel to coal and natural gas. Because they have none. And that sparked invasions of Korea, Manchuria, Philippines and ended with two nukes in its territory.

Nuclear is the only way at the moment for them to reduce their dependency on foreign energy. For the exact same reason, Germany is powering 25% of their country w/ nuclear and France, 70%.

The only thing you can replace nuclear with is thermal, but that's completely dependent on gas/coal inputs.

You are from Taiwan and should know how strategically important it is to have nuclear power plant. Self sufficient energy.