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Italy puts indefinite hold on plans to build nuclear power plant despite of large energy demands, seeing what happened in Fukushima nuclear plants. How do you create the energy you need? How do you use energy available to you? How do you conserve energy?
Japanese has been in 'Jishuku' mode. it's self-restraint. People are asked voluntary to refrain from their activities to conserve energy to save potential massive blackouts. Because of 6 nuclear reactors in Fukushima stopped working, Tokyo metropolitan region faces energy shortage. Since March 14, 'rolling blackout' is still being carried out. The words sounded like Sci Fi to me at first, because I've never heard such words in my entire life nor seen one practiced.
Energy conserving technology and practices are fairy advanced in Japan, I think, but we need more innovation. Some says 'Jishuku' slows down economy, therefore hurt the country further. Is it really so? or maybe so. But maybe we are given an opportunity to form new model of stability and sustainability, both economically and ecologically. Or am I crazy to say that Japan should stop all nuclear power reactors in the near future let alone building one.
Aren't there so many ways and available technologies of safe and sustainable energy out there? Do you really need so much energy to begin with? Hasn't 'more consumption, the better' been proved wrong long before? How do you create the energy you need? How do use energy available to you? How do you conserve energy?
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