Nuclear power: Weapon or energy source?

Our need to find new sources of energy is becoming greater every day. Electricity is a basic need in our lives, without it everyday life literaly stops. Fossil fuels are other of our energy sources, they are burned to get heat, the oldest type of energy source. These to sources of energy have become obsolete, they contaminate too much. At their shor term use we could use them with no problems or side effects, but now the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have become too great. We are urged to get new ways of getting our energy, ways that do not pollute as much and ways that are also safe for us humans.

Nuclear energy is a very efficient type of energy. It could really be the solution to our problems. It is not cheap, but with a single atom we can produce a lot of energy. Atomic energy, as it is sometimes called, has to be produced in special plants that are filled with different security measures because the radiation that escapes from this enourmous amounts of energy is very high too. So there are also some down sides to nuclear energy, as to everything. We have to become a more efficient species but that is not without is losses. To save our planet from contamination we will have to sacrifice some of our species, we will have to risk human lives.

The disasters occured in Nagasaki and Hiroshima prove how strong nuclear energy is but how dangerous as well. To be able to control this type of power we have to be very responsible as to who gets to manage this type of technology. As an energy source it is permitted but as a weapon it should be shameful to even think about using. The effects nuclear energy has as a weapon are very painful, not only as a bomb but also all the side effects it has. Nuclear energy can become our next energy source but we must be careful as to who gets to manage it and how it is managed.

Behind A Big Lie

There's some tension going on now between Iran and United States as Iran's President Ahmadinejad launch serious accusations about the September 11 atacks. He said that this attacks were a big lie from the U.S. and just an excuse to invade Afghanistan. The tensions are still continue growing becuase Iran doesn't want to slow down his enrichment on uranium and nuclear programs. As I read this news, first of all it came to my mind why I think the U.S. is still on Afghanistan, after almost 10 years from the attacks at the World Trade Center. As time passes by, resources are being more scared and precious to a country, since GREAT part of economics are based on them, well, United States is not only there for peace. Oil is one of the most precious resources that a country can have, since almost everything is made out of petroleum. There are still a lot of theories out there and some information that doesn't match, but what matters now is that Iran is planning not to decrease his nuclear programs, which means that it represent a big thread to our planet. Even with the new sanctions that the U.S. wants to put on Iran for not respecting the limits established. The saddest part of all is that Iranians support the nuclear program. Hopefully, those sanctions make Iran think twice before continuing expanding his nuclear program, if not this could lead to a crumbling future especially between the U.S. and Iran. Iran said that the nuclear program is to create energy, but countries still doubt about the use they are giving to it, as they can develop nuclear weapons, which can result in something similar as the Cold War. Iran has to take the right place in this world and be more responsible to pick the right choices and left aside the selfish way to become more powerful.