The Convenient Solution
The single biggest use of fossil fuels in the UK isn't for electricity or for transport, but for creating heat to warm our buildings and power our industrial processes. So any solution to climate change needs to contribute to heating, as well as to electricity generation. Nuclear power contributes almost nothing to our enormous heating requirements.In fact, it contributes less than four per cent to our overall energy needs and building new nuclear power stations won't increase that share. So what is the solution? Well, in the same amount of time and for less money, we could implement an energy system that will do far more to stop climate change and ensure energy security than nuclear power: a combination of renewables, efficiency, and combined heat and power.
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