Nuclear Weapons and Drugs are Bad
Going to a United Nations conference, or just seeing what major organizations like the UN do to help the world has always been a dream of mine. My major, which is Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, is all about helping the world (or at least that is what I hope to do), plus I always watch UN women's conventions when important conventions come about (as you can guess, I am all about women's empowerment). So it was actually really cool to see when we viewed a conference from the journalism box was actually about women being united against nuclear weapons! However, the bulk of our time was dedicated to the two lectures on their drug and crime programs, ad their anti-nuclear weapons programs.
My United Nations Questions:
1.) How has the use of nuclear power as an alternative energy changed in the past few years?
2.) Does the negative image of nuclear weapons affect the use of nuclear power as an alternative energy?
3.) How much does the International Atomic Energy Agency deal with nuclear power?
I was mostly interested in the nuclear lecture, as nuclear power is a form of very efficient and clean energy compared to fossil-fuel powered energy. I was honestly disappointed to hear that many countries, including France (the majority of their electricity comes from nuclear power), have been cutting back on their nuclear power use. Personally, I think using nuclear technology for weapons is extremely unnecessary and dangerous, but I do think that using nuclear technology for energy is a viable replacement for other power generators, and could help reduce the world's greenhouse gas emissions (if safely operated of course).
Overall, going and listening to the United Nations was a pretty cool experience for someone like me.
My United Nations Questions:
1.) How has the use of nuclear power as an alternative energy changed in the past few years?
2.) Does the negative image of nuclear weapons affect the use of nuclear power as an alternative energy?
3.) How much does the International Atomic Energy Agency deal with nuclear power?
I was mostly interested in the nuclear lecture, as nuclear power is a form of very efficient and clean energy compared to fossil-fuel powered energy. I was honestly disappointed to hear that many countries, including France (the majority of their electricity comes from nuclear power), have been cutting back on their nuclear power use. Personally, I think using nuclear technology for weapons is extremely unnecessary and dangerous, but I do think that using nuclear technology for energy is a viable replacement for other power generators, and could help reduce the world's greenhouse gas emissions (if safely operated of course).
Overall, going and listening to the United Nations was a pretty cool experience for someone like me.
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