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Where does Australia get most of its uh
electricity from?
I would think like wind turbines or
something.
Solar, wind, wind, um solar panels,
water power.
I think you have one nuclear power
plant.
I don't think we have thermal yet.
Hydroelectric and nuclear, don't they?
No. Coal. Coal and
coal.
Mostly coal. It's coal.
Nonrenewable sources such as coal.
What about having nuclear in Australia?
Would you want that or not?
I don't think I would be supportive. I'm
more for like solar and wind power. I
would not want it. I would like to see
other cleaner technologies pursued such
as wind power, green energy, solar
power.
I mean, I don't really know everything
about it, but it can be pretty dangerous
if it does get damaged. So I don't know
I think there's better options
from my point of view we have actually
many uh nuclear power plants in Japan
right so it's it's almost like normal
now so I can't say anything but yeah
Australian people might feel or might go
against it
the population as a whole like we don't
know much about it but I think mass
publicity is very negative about it
because of the mistakes That's
debatable.
It is debatable. And which side of the
debate would you be on?
Well, it's kind of hard to say because
it does like well, it generates energy
and whatnot with um not using the coal
which is running out. And there's
different like they're making more
efficient ways to get rid of the waste,
although there's still
like some waste. But then again, if you
do have a meltdown or something along
those lines, then it can be really
harmful to a lot of people. I'm for
nuclear energy as long as it's away from
populations where this sort of stuff
can't happen. I mean, we have a lot of
like spare land. So, if we stuck it out
in the desert somewhere, I don't think
that it would affect too many people.
Would you want nuclear power in
Australia?
Oh, god. Yes.
Yes.
Tell me why.
It's clean apart from the waste, but I'm
sure we'll figure something out with
that. Um,
but what about the potential of
something like what's happening in
Japan? that the main one that they're
worried about there was an old reactor
was supposed to go out of commission
very shortly. They couldn't have
foreseen an a uh a natural disaster
coming. I think it was a bit of a fluke
accident and I think every year they're
developing these uh nuclear power plants
more and more. We've getting a better
understanding of it and I think it's a
very safe viable way of generating
power. Well, yeah. I think it's probably
the cleanest alternative we got at the
moment. As you know, like coal releases
a lot of stuff into the atmosphere, and
I think it'd be very naive to think that
doesn't have an effect. Also, if you're
using something like wind power or
something like that, you have to clear a
lot of land to make it viable because
it's not really that efficient. So, I
think you really nuclear is our only
option for mass production of power. And
considering we have a growing
population, it's the only option we've
really got.