Moonphases, nuclear power plants and German angst. No, really.
You were born during a Waning Crescent moon
This phase occurs right before the new moon.
- what it says about you -
You appreciate closure. It bothers you when people promise to do something and then don't follow through. You want to able to right the wrongs of the past. Studying history motivates you to improve the world. You put a lot of hope in the future and look forward to seeing technology and progress improve our lives.
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Interestingly, this is even somehwat accurate. Somewhat. Particularly the You put a lot of hope in the future and look forward to seeing technology and progress improve our lives-part.
Don't get me wrong, I'm against nuclear power plants but for all the 'wrong' reasons. I don't think they are necessarily unsafe when all safety protocols are being followed (which, according to some sources, hadn't been the case in Fukushima even before the earthquake and the tsunami hit), at least not here because, duh, the last earthquake stronger than a magnitude 4 was probably sometime in the late paleolithic and tsunamis are really, really unlikely (with us being 800 km from the North Sea and 300 km from the Mediterranean with 2000+ m high mountains in between). But I still see them as problematic because uranium and plutonium don't grow on trees and there are methods for producing electricity that are far safer and more effective. Also, there is still no solution as to what to do with the radioactive waste. But I'm not quite as naive as some people (my coworkers for example with whom I had a long discussion over coffee and cake today and where they tried to convince me that everything can be solved with solar panels. Yeah, right -_-) because unlike most people I know pretty well what kind of materials solar cells are made of (tip: they are not harmless. In fact they are highly toxic heavy metals) and how much energy it costs to produce them. Energy that has to come from somewhere.
Same with wind farms. Most people have no idea just how much energy it costs to produce those huge vanes and what alloys they have to be made of (fun fact: to produce enough high-alloy steel to equip your average wind turbine a blast furnace needs as much energy as a small city in a year). I'm not saying this because I'm arrogant but, hey, I studied this stuff for years, I know it's not quite as easy as the Green Party (which I freakin' DESPISE! At least the German version) and idiots like them think. Or, look at the recent biofuel boom and the havoc it brings to third world countries when they suddenly only produce bio fuels instead of food for their people because the planation owners can make much more money with it. Or, while we're at it: The destruction of rain forest in order to grow crops. BIO FUEL CROPS. There are two sides to everything but some people just don't want to see it! And not flying and not driving a car is just not doable for most people. Sometimes I think the Greens want us all back in caves. Which isn't a solution either.
I agree that things have to change, that something has to be done about our energy production and usage. But solar cells and wind parks are not the solution, at least not for the immediate future. But people here are so full of green propaganda and halfway on the brink of panic (apparently Geiger counters are sold out in Germany because people are scared of the non existing radioactive cloud that drifts here from Japan *headdesk*) so that logical arguments just don't get through to their brains. It's scary, really. But then, the Germans are so easy to rouse it's ridiculous. And nothing new. And you know what's the worst? That I really begin to think that the Green Party and their groupies are happy, almost delirious with glee about what happens in Japan. Because now they can say "Well, we always knew it. And now Japan only gets what it deserves for doing that to mother nature". They are not better than the crazy Americans who are like "Serves them right! Remember Pearl Harbor!" they just hide it (it being aptly described by the ugly little word schadenfreude. Which is, incidentally, of German origin) better. They are disgusting.
I know all my friends in Japan are safe and I'm really glad. And I think what these 50 workers at Fukushima are doing is absolutely incredible. They are heroes and I usually don't use words like that.