MR. PRESIDENT NEEDS HELP!!! ASK LEAP LEAGUE!!!!

LEAP League says...                                                                                                                                          

    Hello there blog readers! Just gonna give you guys a progress report... So we're on our 5th post. Also, LEAP League has had 2 field assignments given by our boss, The Urban Guru. But since this is the second to the last post for our business with the Urban Guru, we would like to do it differently...

                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                         IMAGINATION!!!!!

    Let's discuss more on our 5th post... We were told to fast forward to the future and use our... (Wait for it) ... IMAGINATION to think that we had just been elected as the country's president (How cool, dangerous, hard, and surprising is that?)! But this post isn't about what we're gonna do to this country... It's about NUCLEAR ENERGY and the PAWIKAN raise and also probably other animals. So rewind to our two previous field assignments, we discussed the importance of the Pawikan and the importance of Nuclear Energy. And in this post we,as president of the country, are supposed to solve a power crisis who's only solution is to open the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. The entire league knows that the Pawikan Conservation Center is not that for from the power plant! So if we decide to open the plant, it will largely affect the population of sea turtles. So the big question here is TO OPEN or NOT TO OPEN? So enjoy our little made-up story!

THE MADE-UP STORY OF LEAP LEAGUE:

    It all started when LEAP League got an urgent message from the president of the Philippines it says:

Official Seal of the President of the Philippines

Dear LEAP League,

      Unfortunately, the entire country is suffering from power crisis since global prices of oil plummeted to a level no one can ever imagine. The only solution that can resolve the power crisis is opening the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that had been mothballed already for the past 30 years. Knowing that BNPP is just an 8-minute ride from the 7 km-long Morong Beach which is the nesting place of the endangered marine turtles, should I still allow the opening of the BNNP? So I am asking you for help! Just pretend that you're in my position and your decision will affect the entire country! I have sent someone to record your answers.

Sincerely,

The President of the Philippines

    The messenger asked us some questions which were:
1. Will you allow the opening of BNPP? Justify your answer.
2.  What are the pros and cons of opening BNPP to all stakeholders?

    When the messenger finished he wrote back to the president

Dear Mr. President,

      Good day! I have finished interviewing the LEAPers individually and none of them know each other's answer. This letter contains all their answers and reflections. Hope you solve your problem!

If there are any accidents... BOOM BOOM!!!

     "Opening the BNPP? AYAW KO!!! First of all, I said before that  I am not in favor of harnessing power from nuclear energy; since, it has more potential harm if ever earthquakes, typhoons or other natural calamities hit the area of the power plant. But to think of it as a good thing, it can help us develop our country economically and technologically. Its 623 MW electrical capacity could have provided at least 10% of the present power requirements for the Luzon grid. With a well developed technological sector, the Pawikan Conservation Center may have an easier time in breeding and handling sea turtles. But with a well-developed technological sector it will also be easier to catch and kill these beautiful and many others of God's creation. The decision is yours Mr. President, you just have my answer: NO!" - LegoMasterBuilder                                                                                                                                                                                                 DEATH IN THE ENERGY!                          

     "I wouldn't open up the BNNP, if I were the president. Even if it is the only way to solve a power crisis! I would rather let my people suffer loss of energy than kill millions of God's creations! They (animals) are helpless and now we're just gonna kill them to solve an energy crisis? I don't think so. Even it if will solve our problem, it will just create another! So maybe it can help us develop but think about God's creation, think about the other animals what will happen to them. They could get affected by the energy released by the power plant. Also maybe it was well constructed but it's been idle for 30 years! It was shut down by another president before us! And finally what will happen if the plant has an accident? The Philippines will suffer the energy crisis again! I give this piece of advise Mr. President, don't open the power plant."- EnviroLeaper
OPEN!!!
     "To solve the country's problem as president? I would open the BNPP even if I'm against harnessing the power of nuclear power plants. Besides, I just read that BNPP can be able to provide safe, CLEAN, reliable and cheap energy, while at the same time steering the nation towards economic and technological advancement. Meaning, it's also safe for animals. However like I said before, it's too big a risk! What if we fail to produce good energy? But anyway, I would never give my country nothing and to let them suffer. So if I were you Mr. President, I would open it." - AnimatinGirl

                  REMEMBER THIS?  

     
     "Ain't no way I'm doing that! Mr. President, the BNPP poses a threat to animals. However, on our journey to the BNPP, we were told that it is safe to use and that it can be well managed. They are very careful in handling the power plant to prevent accidents from happening, they'll double their carefulness if they open the plant. It is considered to be one among the robustly-built nuclear power station in the world, and more advance in design and younger than more than half of the operating nuclear power plants in the United States of America, the BNPP was designed to withstand the highest postulated earthquake in the Luzon island at ground acceleration value of 0.4G or Intensity 8 in the Richter Scale. And for animals... well I can't really think of benefits for the animals. But you get what happens if we open the plant. But I still wouldn't open it. Why? Because animals will be affected by the radiation released by the power plant. Also the Pawikan Conservation Center is not that far! What will happen to the sea turtles!?!?  Mr. President, please don't open the plant..."- PlausibleRorschach

Sincerely,

The Messenger

     So that's the end of our made-up story. Catch us 'til our next post and hope you've learned something from all this. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK or something... :D :D :D :D.

P.S. We are not trying to predict the future...

References:
1. http://www.napocor.gov.ph/index.php/bataan-nuclear-power-plant