Nuclear Power
So, the government have finally nailed their colours firmly to the mast and told us that we need nuclear power stations to ensure continuous energy supply in the future. About bloody time. The havering has been going on for far too long. We've lost valuable time in consultations and reports while the rest of Western Europe has been quietly preparing their own nuclear plans. Enough on the debate of renewables, they just do not work and will be woefully inadequate for many decades to come. By all means spend a bit on R&D but personally the time and money would be better spent on cutting energy waste.
The real debate on nuclear power has yet to start. Which technology will be chosen, how will the waste be dealt with and who's going to pay for it all?
Wasting time trying to appease the bearded, sandal wearers of the country will cost us all dearly in the future. If we don't hurry up we may have to warm ourselves by burning the very same hippies who will have plunged us into the cold darkness. Every cloud I suppose.
Rant over, carry on :-)
posted by Ricky Dee at
7:59 PM
1 Comments:
Unfortunately Ricky, this country has a poor track record with Nuclear Power (as do most others) - No nuclear power station has ever been delivered on time or within a reasonable closeness of the original budget. Designs have woefully under performed. It's not so much good environmental sense, as good business sense. Nuclear promised "Electricity too cheap to meter", this has NEVER been delivered, and even renewables now look like a cheaper option when analysing price per kWh delivered. Plus the fact that there is only a finite amount of fissile material around in the world - if we all jump on board the nuclear boat - it will soon sink as we realise there is not enough to go around.
Read Walt Patterson's 'Keeping the Lights On' for a well informed view of how to meet our future energy needs. In fact - I throw down the gauntlet - read the book and review it on your site. It's not about sandal wearing, it's about sound economics and energy security without having to go cap in hand to Russia for the next century for fossil fuels.
Best wishes for your blog in the future.
Gavin D. J. Harper - Author, Technologist
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gavindjharper, at 05 August 2007 00:46
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