plebiscite on a regular basis, nuclear energy is probably good because it avoids carbons, but it carries huge stakes where it probably won t go bad, but if it does go bad, you can t even get insurance for it. is that something you can t sell to the public so governments generally go with nuclear because it s a better bet in terms of bang for the buck, but that bang is very dangerous? well, you see that in all countries, but particularly in japan, chris, where, of course, the nuclear allergies are much greater than they are even here in the united states. and it s fairly remarkable that in the country that suffered, you know, the only major nuclear attack, the only nuclear attack done in war, that you ve got 30% of the energy coming from nuclear power. and that was out of necessity, and the government pushed it through, just as michael suggested before, and has found itself frequently in the position of having to suppress
it carries huge stakes where it probably won t go bad, but if it does go bad, you can t even get insurance for it. is that something you can t sell to the public so governments generally go with nuclear because it s a better bet in terms of bang for the buck, but that bang is very dangerous? well, you see that in all countries, but particularly in japan, chris, where, of course, the nuclear allergies are much greater than they are even here in the united states. and it s fairly remarkable that in the country that suffered, you know, the only major nuclear attack, the only nuclear attack done in war, that you ve got 30% of the energy coming from nuclear power. and that was out of necessity, and the government pushed it through, just as michael suggested before, and has found itself frequently in the position of having to suppress bad news, particularly over that monju breeder reactor that he made reference to. so, the government is certainly in that position.
down the severity of it. and this has been, you know, an ongoing issue, and it does play into these questions about cultural differences. you have in japan, despite, you know, nominal democracy there, much more of a hierarchical approach where the government plays a paternal role and decides what and what not to transmit to its citizens. that s a great question for you, david. being at the times and reporting on all these stories over the years, is this a case where our form of government, i don t mean our capitol, but the basic form of government where people at the top have to make decisions that wouldn t pass by plebosite on a regular basis, nuclear energy is probably good because it avoicarbons, but it carries huge stakes where it probably won t go bad, but if it does go bad, you can t even get insurance for it. is that something you can t sell to the public so governments generally go with nuclear because it s a better bet in