There is a complete incompatibility between nuclear generation and widely varying load, and storage in significant quantity is an impossible dream, both on economic and technical grounds. Realistically a few more nuclear stations would be all that can be managed, and gas usage is unlikely to fall.
Most of us in here will 6ft under long before fossil fuels run out completely, but there has to be a start somewhere.
Nuclear power must be part of the answer and UK should be replacing its stock of power stations before they become unserviceable. The other, as yet unsolved, part of the equation is storage so that electricity can be available on demand. I have no doubt that human ingenuity will come up with a solution.
As for consumption, there was a time when people walked or cycled to work.
There is a complete incompatibility between nuclear generation and widely varying load, and storage in significant quantity is an impossible dream, both on economic and technical grounds. Realistically a few more nuclear stations would be all that can be managed, and gas usage is unlikely to fall.
Most of us in here will 6ft under long before fossil fuels run out completely, but there has to be a start somewhere.
Nuclear power must be part of the answer and UK should be replacing its stock of power stations before they become unserviceable. The other, as yet unsolved, part of the equation is storage so that electricity can be available on demand. I have no doubt that human ingenuity will come up with a solution.
As for consumption, there was a time when people walked or cycled to work.
