Your country is scheduled to attend The World Energy Summit next month. At this summit, your nation is presenting on how it is currently using its energy resources. It will also present one form of renewable energy that it will implement within the next year to become more energy efficient.
SOLAR ENERGY
The Repulic of Madalia plans to use solar energy as a main source of energy. Our country is in the Middle East where the sun is our friend. If we were to create many solar panels around our country we then can produce a lot of energy. Using this form of energy would start by creating factories, that mass produce these high technological panels. Having these panels created at a very high rate, would allow more energy to be brought into Mandalia.
The Repulic of Madalia plans to use solar energy as a main source of energy. Our country is in the Middle East where the sun is our friend. If we were to create many solar panels around our country we then can produce a lot of energy. Using this form of energy would start by creating factories, that mass produce these high technological panels. Having these panels created at a very high rate, would allow more energy to be brought into Mandalia.
Costs:
It would take a lot of money to start the production of these factories. Other ways of using energy would be diminshed which could increase the unemployment level in our country. |
Benefits:
Promoting solar energy would create more jobs for the Republic of Mandalia, because we neeed workers to build the factories and also too maintain the running of the country. Having this type of energy is very friendly to the enviornment, we are not harming as much as other types of energy would. Prospoering the job market in Mandalia would be the jump-start to stimulating the economy. The amount of money saved by using these panels could be used for education, welfare programs, health care, etc. |
NUCLEAR POWER
Benefits:
Costs:
Disposal of nuclear waste is very expensive. As it is radioactijive it has to be disposed of in such a way as it will not pollute the environment.
Decommissioning of nuclear power stations is expensive and takes a long time.
Toxic to the enviorment, can contain harmful substances that go into the air. Nuclear Power Plants are usually built on the coast, and our country is not fully surrounded by water.
PROPOSAL:
At this time the Republic of Madalia decides to not use any nuclear energy. If the time is right and we need to use it, then we will; but at this moment it is not the best for us.
Benefits:
- Nuclear power plants don't require a lot of space
- It doesn't contribute to carbon emissions - no CO2 is given out - it therefore does not cause global warming.
- It does not produce smoke particles to pollute the atmosphere.
- Nuclear energy is by far the most concentrated form of energy - a lot of energy is produced from a small mass of fuel. This reduces transport costs - (although the fuel is radioactive and therefore each transport that does occur is expensive because of security implications).
- It is reliable. It does not depend on the weather. We can control the output It is relatively easy to control the output - although the time factor for altering power output is not as small as for fossil fuel stations.
- It produces a small volume of waste
Costs:
Disposal of nuclear waste is very expensive. As it is radioactijive it has to be disposed of in such a way as it will not pollute the environment.
Decommissioning of nuclear power stations is expensive and takes a long time.
Toxic to the enviorment, can contain harmful substances that go into the air. Nuclear Power Plants are usually built on the coast, and our country is not fully surrounded by water.
PROPOSAL:
At this time the Republic of Madalia decides to not use any nuclear energy. If the time is right and we need to use it, then we will; but at this moment it is not the best for us.