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On Sep 26, 8:58*pm, geoff wrote:
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harry writes



You just can't get your head round the fact that there is no
alternative.


To nuclear power? No there isn't. In the medium term.
renewables will be dead in 5 years.


Tch you are a halfwit.
It would take ten years to build a nuclear power station, but it's not
going to happen.


dated Sept 1st 2012

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...re/110312.aspx

e.g. "Government policy is that new nuclear power should be able to
contribute as much as possible to the UK’s new capacity"

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geoff


Well done. The date of 2050 is mentioned. So let's see, that's 38
years. Longer than I thought. I think we can get renewables a lot
sooner than that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear...power_stations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economi...r_power_plants

Still seems unlikely.


I wonder if carbon capture will work?