Folks from Taozhu and Zhumiao use their lungs to generate electricity. Zhang Shanzheng points out 3 reasons to call for support in restarting the referendum on nuclear power.

Kuomintang Taoyuan mayoral candidate Zhang Shanzheng said that abolishing non-nuclear homes would not only protect the environment and the health of villagers, but also develop industries. (Photo by reporter Huang Meizhu)

The KMT-sponsored referendum campaign on "AI is calling, nuclear energy is the only way to have electricity" was held at the Hsinchu County Gymnasium this afternoon. Taozhuzhumiao leaders Zhang Shanzheng, Yang Wenke, Gao Hongan, Zhong Dongjin and Kuomintang Chairman Zheng Liwen attended the speech. Among them, Zhang Shanzheng focused on three aspects: protecting the environment and people's health, and supporting industrial development. He called on the folks in the four counties and cities in Taozhumiao to vote yes in the referendum at the end of the year to support the Kuomintang's proposal to abolish the non-nuclear homeland.

Zhang Shanzheng said that the famous writer Long Yingtai decided to move to Taitung because his home in Chaozhou, Pingtung, was surrounded by smoke from the Kaohsiung thermal power plant that enveloped Pingtung. Another resident of Zhushan, Nantou, who has lived in the United States for many years, lamented that the smoke produced by the Taichung thermal power plant was blocked by the Central Mountains, causing the clear skies in his hometown Zhushan all year round to be covered by dark clouds for several months. Even Puli was affected.

He said that the Taoyuan Tai Tam Thermal Power Plant originally used six units to burn natural gas and has now expanded to nine, making it one of the largest large-scale gas-fired power plants in the world. We do not need such a record. Because this power plant is in winter, the northeast monsoon is coming, and the smoke will float over the four counties and cities of Taozhumiao. The lungs of the villagers are sucking the exhaust gas from the power plant. Therefore, we must agree to abolish the non-nuclear homeland. In addition to protecting the environment, the second reason is to protect the health of the villagers.

The third reason for supporting the abolition of non-nuclear homeland, Zhang Shanzheng said, is to let the industry start up in the four counties and cities of Taozhumiao. Because Huang Renxun also said that Taiwan's power supply is problematic, and computing power is vitality, but behind computing power is electricity. TSMC wants to expand its factories. Even if TSMC wants to use all the power in Taozhu Miao, it will not be enough. Therefore, if Taozhu Miao's industry continues to develop, it means supporting the abolition of non-nuclear homeland.