tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498460502553931835.post2022960793038315520..comments2024-03-17T22:40:10.880-07:00Comments on Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas!: Himpunan Hijau 109Savehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02630934462894287027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498460502553931835.post-16840393913993506582011-10-14T01:21:26.689-07:002011-10-14T01:21:26.689-07:00November 2010, headline in Singapore The Straits T...November 2010, headline in Singapore The Straits Times which said: “Govt preparing for nuclear power option”.<br /><br />“It will be a long time before we make any decision on nuclear energy,” said PM Lee in the ST Page 1 lead story. “But we should get ourselves ready to get ready to do so. That means to give Singapore the ability to exercise the option should it one day become necessary and feasible."<br /><br />natural gas fields that fire up turbines in Singapore's power stations are expected to be exhausted in about 20 years' time. This is a blink of an eye when seen in terms of the planning cycle needed to introduce an alternative form of energy, be it from a renewable (solar, wind, tides) or non-renewable source (oil, coal, gas).<br /><br />With Singapore gradually weaning itself of dependence on freshwater from Malaysia's Johor state, botched planning in energy security could drive Singapore once again towards Malaysia for a strategic resource. In this case, energy.<br /><br /><br />The first country to add a nuclear power station to its power grid will guarantee its citizens a stable and safe source of energy. Cut through the screaming rhetoric from greenies and you will realise that post-Fukushima nuclear reactors are designed with more fail safes and with a far higher standard of reliability and mean time between failure for critical components than the 1970s-vintage reactors installed at the Fukushima facilities.<br /><br />Depending on the power-generating capacity of the reactors installed in the Sin-Mal-Indo triangle, the first to market could end up selling surplus power to its neighbour at an unbeatable price per kilowatt hour.<br /><br />The appeal of such pricing will rise as the last cubic metre of petroleum is sucked out of the earth.<br /><br />A Malaysia government in a state of decision paralysis about nuclear energy may indeed be forced to hitch the city-state's energy grid to Singapore nuclear powered Singapore Power someday.<br /><br />When that day comes, a flick of a switch up south is all it takes to get this little red dot to behave.<br /><br />and it could happen relatively soon if we don't start taking serious steps to support our nuclear power plant projectanzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815847518256319228noreply@blogger.com