Due to the earthquake and tsunami that led fifty-three
nuclear plants to shut down temporary, Japan is going towards the direction what
Germany is aiming for. Germany is force
on their technology on green energy and Japan wants that opportunity to have
that certain technology for their country.
After the disaster, Japan was able to shut off their nuclear plants
without having a blackout due to emergency energy saving programs and using more
fossil fuels, but the country does not want to miss out the chance in technical
innovation and forced to change their ways so they can advance its technology. Miranda Screurs, a director of the
Environment Policy Research Centre at the Freie Universitat Berlin said, “Although
Japan is way behind Germany on renewable and was slipping in energy-efficiency advances
before Fukushima (earthquake and tsunami).”
Then she argues the Japan has the motivation and the technology to transfer
from nuclear power to green energy.
My thoughts
about this situation is Japan may have a chance to create green energy but what
Miranda Screurs said, the country is long journey to catch up with Germany’s
green technology. Since Japan shuts down
their power plants from the natural disasters of the earthquake and tsunami, this
project will be tougher for Japan than Germany because twenty-three percent of
its electricity came for nuclear power so it will be stressful for Japan to achieve
that goal. I believe Japan can overcome
this struggle and help their environment with green technology by following the
path of Germany.
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