You make far too many assumptions about both the production of and future needs for energy. Incorrect - a minute bit of research would so you how wrong you are.
Nuclear science is more challenging for the mind and therefore might scare some people. That is 25 year ago! The death toll for Chernobyl and this Japan accident has been less than people die in the traffic accidents in one year her in LOS. The last nuclear plant accident was 1986. To understand what that means, you can go to visit some Chinese cities and ask when was the last time they saw blue sky. Well, there is an option of burning coal. To go forward with medicine, all kind of nice things like the internet, taveling etc. The national government has instructed evacuation for those local residents within 20km radius of the periphery because it's possible that radioactive materials are discharged.- We will continue to take all measures to restore the security of the site and to monitor the environment of the site periphery. We will continue to monitor in detail the possibility of radioactive material being discharged from exhaust stack or discharge canal. Also, the level at monitoring post is higher than ordinary level. Casualty- 2 workers of cooperative firm were injured at the occurrence of the earthquake, and were transported to the hospital.- 1 TEPCO employee who was not able to stand by his own with his hand holding left chest was transported to the hospital by an ambulance.- 1 subcontract worker at important earthquake-proof building was unconscious and transported to the hospital by an ambulance.- The radiation exposure of 1 TEPCO employee, who was working inside the reactor building, exceeded 100mSv and was transported to the hospital.- 4 workers were injured and transported to the hospital after explosive sound and white smoke were confirmed around the Unit 1.- Presence of 2 TEPCO employees at the site are not confirmed Others- We measured radioactive materials inside of the nuclear power station area (outdoor) by monitoring car and confirmed that radioactive materials level is higher than ordinary level. Unit 6 (outage due to regular inspection)- Reactor has been shut down and sufficient level of reactor coolant to ensure safety is maintained.- Currently, we do not believe there is any reactor coolant leakage inside the reactor containment vessel. Unit 5 (outage due to regular inspection)- Reactor has been shut down and sufficient level of reactor coolant to ensure safety is maintained.- Currently, we do not believe there is any reactor coolant leakage inside the reactor containment vessel. Unit 4 (shut down due to regular inspection)- Reactor has been shut down and sufficient level of reactor coolant to ensure safety is maintained.- Currently, we do not believe there is any reactor coolant leakage inside the reactor containment vessel. Spraying in order to lower pressure level within the reactor containment vessel has been cancelled.- Currently, we do not believe there is any reactor coolant leakage inside the reactor containment vessel. Also, following the instruction by the government and with fully securing safety, steps to lowering the pressure of reactor containment vessel has been taken. We are examining alternative way to inject water. However, High Pressure Core Injection System has been automatically shut down and water injection to the reactor is currently interrupted. Unit 3(Shut down)- Reactor has been shut down. After fully securing safety, we are preparing to implement a measure to reduce the pressure of the reactor containment vessels under the instruction of the national government. Current reactor water level is lower than normal level, but the water level is steady. Unit 2(Shut down)- Reactor has been shut down and Reactor Core Isolation Cooling System has been injecting water to the reactor. We have been injecting sea water and boric acid which absorbs neutron into the reactor core. However, the unit is under inspection due to the explosive sound and white smoke that was confirmed after the big quake occurred at 3:36PM. Unit 1(Shut down)- Reactor has been shut down. Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 9am March 13th) All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been shut down. Interesting read if not right to the minute from TEPCO.