An interesting piece:
www.theguardian.com/.../nuclear-power-chornobyl-carbon-emissions-thinktank-tony-blair-institute
“Global carbon emissions would be 6% lower than today if not for the “inaccurate narrative” against nuclear power since the Chornobyl disaster that has created “unfounded public concern”, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank.
A report from the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has found that if the nuclear power industry had continued to grow at the same pace as before the 1986 nuclear disaster, the carbon savings would be the equivalent of removing the emissions of Canada, South Korea, Australia and Mexico combined.”
Another example of the lack of joined up thinking by the ‘Green’ movement?
I wonder how much better the UK’s environment would be if all the £ Billions spent on renewable energy had been spent on improving the efficiency of the housing? Resolving the problem at source is always better.
The problem with that idea is that it doesn’t generate wealth for the rich and the large corporations. It may just improve the lives of the less well off.