Our Own Nuclear Salesman

At the moment I feel very worried that there is an agenda which will mean that this kind of thing will not get factored into the decision-making.

Ten cents of investment, he shows, will buy either 1 kilowatt-hour of nuclear electricity; 1.2-1.7 of windpower; 2.2-6.5 of small-scale cogeneration; or up to 10 of energy efficiency. “Its higher cost than competitors, per unit of net CO2 displaced, means that every dollar invested in nuclear expansion will worsen climate change by buying less solution per dollar.” And, because nuclear power stations take so long to build, it would be spent later. “Expanding nuclear power would both reduce and retard the desired decrease in CO2 emissions.”

Useful figures to keep in mind, though.

George Monbiot � Our Own Nuclear Salesman: On Del.icio.us: nuclear_power, nukes, UK, energy, alternative_energy, wind, efficiency, costings, CO2, investment, subsidy