Term 2 Week 4 Assignments.

  With the recent chain of events which has happened in Japan, it is right to say that nuclear energy is dangerous, and in my opinion, it should be banned and not used on earth. The effects of a nuclear crisis are unimaginable. Not only would this generation be scarred permanently, future generations will also be affected as their parents have already been affected by radiation. Although the usage of nuclear energy opens up many oppurtunities for the world, the amount of destruction it brings with it is simply way more than the benefits it provides.
  Secondly, building a nuclear power plant is like gambling. You are gambling your life away for that moment of income. Although the chances of a natural disaster striking a country is significantly lower than the chance of losing in a game of poker, the losses you face are much more than gambling, not only may you lose your life, millions of other innocent lives are going down with you.
  Finally, nuclear power may bring a lot of benefits, but in the wrong hands, it is a weapon of unimaginable destruction. Nuclear bombs have already been invented as a weapon. This weapon, in the hands of terrorists, the amount of destruction from it is simply unimaginable. A guy with a gun may be deadly, but a mad man with a bomb is 10 times worse as his presence will be felt in an area.
  With the above points, I feel that nuclear power is simply too dangerous for us humans to handle. The destructive potential cause by it is simply chaotic, and could end our already imperfect world in a matter of seconds. The chance of it going out of control may be low, but all it takes is one accident, one unlucky day, or one crazed maniac to end our entire civilisation as we know it.