The environmentalist and visionary, Amory Lovins, recently commented on the UK government’s recent decision to provide support for the expansion of nuclear energy said:
“Britain’s plan for a fleet of new nuclear power stations is … unbelievable,” he says. “It is economically daft. The guaranteed price [being offered to French state company EDF] is over seven times the unsubsidised price of new wind in the US, four or five times the unsubsidised price of new solar power in the US. Nuclear prices only go up. Renewable energy prices come down. There is absolutely no business case for nuclear. The British policy has nothing to do with economic or any other rational base for decision making.”
Maybe it is time for the UK government to listen.
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 