Bit Late In Writing This...

@Northwest I agree, the technology is far better, and "we" can produce energy much more safely, BUT we have not found a way to deal with the spent fuel!

@samueltyler2
The new generation of super breeder plants have a workable solution.

@Northwest Nuclear isn't quite zero carbon either because a large amount of concrete is used. Of course this applies in varying degrees to most energy sources and will be so until someone creates a way of making cement without fossil fuels.

@Northwest Hun, as an American I'm sorry but you didn't our budget speech here in the UK...they did call it renewable....and, I really don't care how safe it is now...it still isn't.

@ninalanyon ...and, as lovely as that could be, who wants to see concrete? We need more greenery, not less!

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@SammyJo Without concrete you have no roads, no bridges, no tall buildings, no storage facilities for food, no ports through which to import and export food. So long as we are still raising the living standards of everyone up to European levels we will need more concrete. There are signs of some new ways of creating concrete that generate less CO2,

Necessary concrete isn't the reason for the loss of green space, it's the unnecessary paving over of the landscape in the pursuit of short term profit that is behind that. Even in densely populated countries like the UK you really don't have to travel far from home to be surrounded by greenery.

@SammyJo Every turbine used in large scale solar or wind power is surrounded by concrete....

@ninalanyon covering of rain-absorbing surfaces with whatever, concrete or macadam, is very dangerous to the future of drinkable water, flooding, etc.

@ninalanyon
Yeah, but less so than dams.

@SammyJo
I think you're trying that as an American, I did not watch your budget speech in the UK. As a matter of fact, I was in the UK when the speech was given, but they also have a thing called YouTube and the Guardian online.

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Hunt called it net zero energy.


You're stating an opinion, but fact is that it is safer than the onslaught on the planet by fossil fuels. The proposed UK plan, BTW, is a joint cooperation with France.