Shimokita Peninsula, Higashidori Village、Sketch of windmill for wind power generation in Iwaya area。On a plateau-shaped mountain overlooking the Tsugaru Strait、It is the area where wind turbines of the same purpose are lined up most intensively in Japan today.。Since the Fukushima nuclear accident、It is also a symbol of "natural renewable energy" that has suddenly begun to be in the limelight.。A dozen kilometers south of here、It is now becoming a symbol of evil、There is a nuclear power plant (Higashi-dori Nuclear power plant)。Higashidori is, so to speak, a "village where angels and demons live together"。
I read a book last week。"Forest saturation" (Takehiko Ota、2012.NHK Books)。Mr. Ota、"The idea that nature is best left untouched" should be abandoned。Deny Satoyama's idea that "big trees should not be cut down"。"Japanese forests are already saturated、Is it a new nature to leave this saturated state? Invite a disaster "。To the current emotional increase in nature orientation、In a sense, it looks like it's pouring water、If you walk while actually sketching the mountains and the coast, you will be convinced in many ways.。
Considering energy issues with such a macroscopic historical eye、Suddenly there is a danger of pressing for a choice between nuclear power and renewable energy。"A village where angels and demons live together" sees trees and does not see forests、It may be a microcosm of modern Japanese thinking。
