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> Japan is also building a lot of coal plans to cover all the nuclear reactors that are either still sitting idle or have been decommissioned early. We even sa
by Melting_Harps 6y ago
> Japan is also building a lot of coal plans to cover all the nuclear reactors that are either still sitting idle or have been decommissioned early. We even saw one of the coal plans under construction right from the beach of the Rabbit Island last year.
As a resident, have they made appeals to explore geothermal? During the 'Genpatsu Hantai' protests after Fukushima in 2011 so many people were committed to making that happen, the Abe Government was stalling things for TEPCO but I thought by now their would be at least some exploration, my cousin did his Civil Engineering degree under a professor who was part of a team doing those studies in Japan before Fukushima. Things were promising.
What happened?
Japan is tricky, it has very few if any natural resources, but Nuclear only ever made up 30% of its energy needs in its peak. In the time from 2011 to now you'd think more viable projects for geothermal would have been made, rather than relying on coal being brought in from Sea freight for their energy. Japan has always been in a precarious situation when it came to Energy creation, its the commonly told reason (US oil embargo) why it attacked Pearl Harbor; although this entirely negates that the supposed 'neutral' US was already involved in fighting the Japanese Imperial Forces in China under the AVG. Then again Fukushima residents still reside in a version of their own FEMA camp after all these years.
- m4rtink 6y agoIndeed, there should be significant resources - and if you go to the Kanawa district of Beppu you can practically see them with your own eyes. :) Found this on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_power_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_power_in_Japan Apparently there is opposition from local people that large scale geothermal energy development could disrupt natural hot springs that they often depend on with their livelihood. BTW, you can kinda feel the energy crisis while in Japan - you will quickly notice how solar panels are places on any unused flat land that is available & there are many solar water heaters (that could save quite a bit of electricity and gas for water heating).