2011년 5월 24일 화요일

Aftermath of Nuclear power plant from Japan

The threat of a nuclear disaster has been looming over Japan since a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck northeast Japan 2 months ago. It remains to be seen how the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant will be averted more. Even less clear is how Fukushima will impact to the Korea and the use of nuclear power from now.

Even if It has become serious problems that we must know but seemingly the people don't want to know information they carefully concerned about. So that's why I have researched nuclear impact for Koreans. As a result, I will not be worried about these problems anymore because already known that It will be safe.

For instance, Japanese food is very popular South Korean people, the nuclear accident should not cause undue mental anxiety, leading to the Korean people do not trust the Japanese food. To this end, Japan should provide the necessary information in a timely manner. To this end, South Korea and Japan need to build a common response to food safety system.

Also, News about fukushima situations have said there is almost no chance of radioactive material from Fukushima traveling directly to Korea given the prevailing winds. The only way is circuitous routes, and they do much to dissipate the radioactivity.

Meanwhile, let's hope that the core of the Japanese reactor can be cooled in time. We shouldn't need yet another major nuclear power accident to wake up the public and decision-makers to the fact that there are better and much safer ways to make electricity.

2011년 5월 10일 화요일

About abortion

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics of all times. It has caused countless deaths and several violent confrontations between the two separate parties of opinion. The fight between pro-life and pro-choice supporters has been long and brutal. This is because, despite what several people may believe, abortion is neither right nor wrong. It is the matter of a personal opinion, where, each side can say with certainty that the other one is wrong. 

Abortion destroys the lives of helpless, innocent children and is illegal in many countries. By aborting these unborn infants, humans are hurting themselves; they are not allowing themselves to meet these new identities and unique personalities. Abortion is very simply wrong. Everyone is raised knowing the difference between right and wrong. Murder is wrong, so why is not abortion? People argue that it is not murder if the child is unborn. Abortion is murder since the fetus being destroyed is living, breathing and moving. Why is it that if an infant is destroyed a month before the birth, there is no problem, but if killed a month after birth, this is inhumane murder? 

It is morally and strategically foolish, because we lose the middle when we talk about reproductive rights without reference to a larger moral and spiritual dimension, and we are unwilling to use language like transgression and redemption, or right and wrong. 


2011년 5월 4일 수요일

Hybrid car

I have always wanted to know what Hybrid cars were all about. Especially because over the past several years gas prices have been at record highs. I knew that there were such things as electric cars but by this last year or so I have only seen the wealthy be able to afford to drive them. And from what I had heard about Hybrid cars was that they were over priced, small, and not so intriguing cars. No wonder nobody owns them. Now I am starting to see them more often and they aren't as bad as everyone had said. I first wanted to figure out what a hybrid car was and how it compared to regular cars. I wanted to find out everything that there is to know about them. First off in my search I wanted to figure out what exactly a hybrid car was and how it worked. There are few configurations for hybrid cars. The first configuration uses gasoline engine to run a generator. The generator supplies electricity to the motor, which drives the wheels, which allows the gasoline engine to run constantly while achieving optimum fuel efficiency.

The current vehicles that are powered by gasoline pollute, but as technologies improve and the human way of life changes alternatively powered vehicles enter the automotive industry. These vehicles developed to achieve better gas mileage and to help slow the production of the gasses that cause Global Warming. The hybrid vehicle is one of the newest and most popular alternatively powered vehicle. Hybrid electric vehicles are energy efficient cars or trucks that run on an internal combustion engine of a gas vehicle with the battery and electric motor of an electric vehicle. This results in twice the fuel economy of gas vehicles. These hybrid electric vehicles consume fewer natural resources than gas vehicles and produce almost no emission fumes compared to the standard gas vehicle. Hybrid cars are one solution to preserving air quality for the future.