Lots of Rumor about Nuke by KMT+TPP

Just after happily celebrating Taiwan finally achieving a nuclear-free homeland with zero nuclear power, KMT and TPP legislators on May 20, 2025, immediately passed a referendum proposed by the TPP caucus: "Do you agree that the Third Nuclear Power Plant should continue operating after the competent authority confirms there are no safety concerns?" The vote is scheduled for August 23, 2025. (https://e-info.org.tw/node/241324)

Beyond this, pro-nuclear KMT and TPP parties and their supporters are spreading rumors everywhere, claiming that after the Third Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 stops operating, thermal power generation will run at full capacity and Taiwan's air quality will immediately become terrible. This is utter nonsense. The Air quality monitoring by Taiwan Ministry of Environment clearly shows good air quality, and the photos I take every morning from a high floor of my building, showing the visibly clear air, haven't gotten worse. Furthermore, thermal power generation is primarily gas-fired, supplemented by coal. After the Third Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 stops operating, these thermal power plants don't even need to run at full capacity because there's still enough electricity supply and sufficient reserve capacity. With the addition of renewable energy, Taiwan now (as of 2025) doesn't need to rely on thermal power to meet its electricity demands as much as it did years ago (e.g., 2016), when nuclear power plants were still operating and renewable energy accounted for a much smaller share. Many thermal power plants no longer need to run at full tilt. You can verify all of this yourself by checking Taipower's real-time electricity information (https://www.taipower.com.tw/2289/2363/2367/2368/10266/normalPost). Don't just believe baseless rumors. The Third Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 only accounted for 3% of power generation before its shutdown, not 20% as some mistakenly believe.

Natural gas is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium. When burned for heat or electricity, natural gas emits fewer toxic air pollutants, less CO2, and almost no PM (particulate matter) than other fossil fuels.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas)

才剛剛很開心的慶祝臺灣終於核電歸零，實現非核家園，然後藍白立委就馬上於5/20/2025通過一個民眾黨團提案的「您是否同意第三核能發電廠經主管機關同意確認無安全疑慮後，繼續運轉？」公投法案，預計將在8/23/2025投票。(https://e-info.org.tw/node/241324)

除此之外，擁核的藍白政黨及其支持群眾開始到處造謠，說核三2號機停止運轉後，火力發電全開，臺灣空氣馬上變得很糟糕。根本就是胡說八道，明明空氣品質監測顯示空氣良好，而我每天早上出門前從大樓高層往遠處拍照、用來顯示視覺看到的空氣品質的照片也沒有變差。而火力發電也是以燃氣為主，燃煤為輔，在核三2號機停止運作後，由於發電量還夠用，也還有足夠備載用電，這些火力發電廠也不需要全力運轉。再加上再生能源的投入，現在(如2025)已經比幾年前核電廠還在運轉、再生能源佔比很少時(如2016年)還不需要靠火力發電來維持電力所需了，火力發電廠已經有許多不需要全力運轉。這些都可以自己去看台電的今日電力資訊(https://www.taipower.com.tw/2289/2363/2367/2368/10266/normalPost)，不要一天到晚相信造謠的言論。核三2號機在停機 前只佔了3%的發電量，不要自以為是20%好不好。

天然氣的主要成分是甲烷(CH4)，也可能含有一些較重的烴分子(如乙烷(C2H6)、丙烷(C3H8)和丁烷(C4H10))，以及一些酸性氣體(如二氧化碳和硫化氫)，部分氣田所產的天然氣還含有二硫化碳和羰基硫等有機硫。有機硫化物和硫化氫(H2S)這類常見的微量雜質，在大多數需要利用天然氣的情況下都要事先將其除去。看到分子式，就知道其燃燒排放主要是H2O及CO2，只要前端有確實做好脫硫，燃燒後的PM、NOx、SOx等污染排放會比燃煤或燃油減少非常多。