Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Friday, September 2, 2016
Nuclear Power
We support nuclear power
“Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant.”
Reliable
It is estimated that with the current rate of consumption of uranium, we have enough uranium for another 70-80 years. A nuclear power plant when in the mode of producing energy can run uninterrupted for a very long time. As solar and wind energy are dependent upon weather conditions, nuclear power plant does not, and, therefore, can be used in any condition.
Ecofriendly
Nuclear power also has a lot fewer greenhouse emissions. It has been determined that the amount of greenhouse gases have decreased by almost half because of the prevalence in the utilization of nuclear power. Nuclear energy has the least effect on nature since it doesn’t produce any greenhouse gases. There is no unfavorable impact on water, land or any territories because of the utilization of nuclear power, except in times where transportation is utilized. Therefore, it produces very low pollution to the environment.
Low Cost
Nuclear power produces very inexpensive electricity. The cost of the uranium is low. Also, the expense of setting up nuclear power plants may be moderately high, the expense of running them is quite low. The normal life of nuclear reactor is 40-60 years. These variables make the expense of delivering power low.
References
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Euthanasia
Euthanasia should be allowed
Euthanasia is an act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person suffering from an incurable condition.
Euthanasia saves life
In the Netherlands, "a study of euthanasia found that 0.4% of all euthanasia was done without consent from the patient. The study was done when euthanasia had been legalized in the Netherlands. Now another study, which was done before euthanasia was legalized, indicated that 0.8% of euthanasia done in the Netherlands was done without the patient's consent." This shows that the legalization of euthanasia actually had the reverse of the expected effect. The number of euthanasia done decreased by half after the euthanasia was legalized.
Euthanasia is properly regulated
Developed nations like the Netherlands have legalized euthanasia and have hardly ever had problems. "Any law or system can be abused, but that law and the system can always be refined to prevent such abuse from happening". Therefore, euthanasia will be better with regulation.
Euthanasia does no harm to others
There are ideas supporting and conflicting euthanasia. The conflict leads the government to consider the rights of people that are violated when euthanasia is applied. That being said, euthanasia as a choice infringes on no such fundamental rights. Assisted suicide involves direct harm and the termination of life only to the individual who has requested it. One cannot request euthanasia for another person. Therefore, euthanasia does no harm to others.
People have right to die
Anti-euthanasia proponents argue that euthanasia infringes on a person’s fundamental right to live. What they fail to see is that our “life” as human beings implies death. Without death, we do not have “human life” by its very definition. Therefore, people who argue that every man has the fundamental right to live, they also agree that every man has the fundamental right to die. At the end, people have the right to die, and euthanasia should be allowed.
References
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)