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Posted by Robert Whittaker, 20:50, Tue 4 July 2006: #

Whilst I'm a little uneasy about further investment in Nuclear power, I've heard from serveral sources that there is little alternative for the UK if we're to reduce our dependence on and hence emmisions from fossil fuels.

I'd be very interested to hear properly calculated proposals on how we can meet our future energy needs without nuclear power. What new engery projects would we need, and how much would these cost? (Am I going to need a wind turbine in my back yard?) How much scope is there for reducing the current dependence on fossil fuels, after the loss of current nuclear provision and increasing demand is taken into account?

Dismissing nuclear power without publishing the details of what your alternative is could be dangerous. Do the Liberal Democrats have such details to share?

As an aside, readers might be interesting in having a play with the BBC's "Electricity Calculator", which I assume has at least some degree of accuracy to it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/electricity_calc/html/1.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5016136.stm

This is on the message Climate change and nuclear power.

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