It seems to me that if we in the U.K.
become totally reliant on gas from Russia and oil from the Middle East,
we shall be permanently at risk of supply failure or cost increase. In
the short term, however, there are no other forms of energy capable of meeting
the nation's needs.
In the longer term, when the world comes to its
senses and stops burning the valuable resource of fossil fuels in
heating appliances, we shall need to turn to electricity or log fires
for warmth. The "not in my back yard" syndrome when it comes to nuclear
fuel is really rather nonsense when one studies the location of
several French nuclear reactors placed all along the north coast of
France less than 100 miles to the south.
If they blow, we blow with
them. I know nuclear is not sustainable, but in the short term we are
going to need to use this source of energy. Yes, there are risks and
problems. But in life, don't you find that when you start fiddling with a
problem, you most often find an answer?
If we banish unsafe nuclear,
will we ever find safe nuclear? What do you think?
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