Environmental

Nvidia Power Requirement Claims From Pan-Blue Legislators Reflect Pan-Blue Views on Green Energy

Brian Hioe
Claims by pan-Blue lawmakers that Nvidia sought to purchase 10 terawatt-hours of green energy for its first Asian research center and Taipei-1 supercomputer bring together several thematics in efforts by the pan-Blue camp to sow doubt in the Lai administration. Such allegations were made by TPP legislator Chang Chi-kai, who alleged that these requests were made by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang of Minister of Economic Affairs JW Kuo...
EnglishEnvironmentalNovember 2024Social Movements5 min read

DPP Again Suggests Openness to Nuclear Energy

Brian Hioe
The Lai administration has continued to be strategically ambiguous regarding nuclear energy. In comments to Bloomberg late last month, Premier Cho Jung-tai expressed a willingness to use nuclear energy to meet energy demands for AI. It is expected that Taiwan may play a key role in the growing AI sector, particularly regarding the use of chips, seeing as Taiwan already plays a preeminent role in global semiconductor manufacturing. Cho stated that as long as there was social consensus on nuclear energy, particularly regarding the disposal of nuclear waste, that it was fine to proceed...
EnglishEnvironmentalNovember 2024Social Movements4 min read

Politics of Nuclear Fission: A Critique of the Nobel Peace Prize 2024

陳黃金菊
After decades of fighting for a nuke-free world, the organization Nihon Hidankyo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a press conference, Toshiyuki Mimaki, one of the representatives of Hidankyo, expressed his gratitude, but soon added that he thought the Nobel Peace Prize would go to those who help the children in Gaza, since “in Gaza, children in blood are being held. It's like in Japan 80 years ago"...
EnglishEnvironmentalOctober 2024Social Movements12 min read