“Nuclear is not that difficult. It would only be difficult if there were no alternative. We should not be trying to solve carbon pollution by using a generation method which produces even more toxic and longer lasting waste. FULL STOP”

“The French export 20% of their nuclear energy now.

I think you give the new French President credit he doesn't deserve Pete.

To me he's a typical Socialist who's made grandiose promises that he hasn't a chance of making good on.

Nuclear is a complex subject. . I think any problems will just have to be overcome.

I respect your views, and I'm probably not the best one to be challenging them.

We agree on one thing though. . I think over population of the planet will have to be tackled 'head-on'. . That really will be a difficult subject!”

“You say:

"At least we will have new power stations on our soil."

If we stick we nuclear power they will be stations built and maintained by companies owned and run by the French government or German and American companies. If however we build renewable energy sources (they are power stations you know) they will be much more likely to be built by UK companies. Also there is no guarantee that the money for these huge projects will ever be available, unless the government pump in huge subsidies to support them.

"France has 54 and they are only across the Channel."

France has a new president who opposes building new nuclear power stations. The French
population has for the first time been shown to be against building new nukes.

"Anyway anyone who believes it will make the slightest difference what 65 million Brits do on this planet are not in the real world."

We all have our impact on the planet on which we live. We can either kill it with our unsustained use of energy or save it with a move to a non polluting future. The real world is that the uncontrolled use of energy and expansion of our population will be the death of our planet. Time for those who don't care to move into the real world!

"The 'Universe' has millions of years to deal with radio active waste and for sure it's big enough"

What are you suggesting? That we spend billions on sending our nuclear waste into space? No company would build a nuclear power station if they needed to bear that cost. In the meantime, long lived radionucloides, which need to be managed for several thousand years, are being created and will be polluting the planet and killing our children and their children etc. etc... The evidence that leukaemia and other cancers are higher near nuclear power stations is not is dispute. It is just whether the nuclear power stations actually CAUSE that increase that people are arguing about. As a scientist I believe (for reasons to complex to explain here) that emissions from nuclear power stations ARE the cause. not viruses and not movements of workers.

Nuclear power is not cheap, not clean, not needed!”

“As the Germans will rule Europe anyway, and have access to all power supplies just as they do now, it seems irrelevant. . At least we will have new power stations on our soil.

France has 54 and they are only across the Channel.

Anyway anyone who believes it will make the slightest difference what 65 million Brits do on this planet are not in the real world.

The 'Universe' has millions of years to deal with radio active waste and for sure it's big enough”

“If building nuclear power stations, largely done by foreign companies, using parts and plant created overseas and designed by engineers from overseas, could solve unemployment problems, I would be in favour. It won't, It can't. We need LOCAL jobs created in LOCAL businesses and the fledgling renewable industries are at risk because of the rush (joke) for nuclear. Nuclear power, beacuse of its "always on" nature, displaces renewable energy. We are also spending money actually supporting the nuclear industry. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority budget shows that £100 BILLION will be spent on clearing up the waste and decommissioning the exisitng nuclear fleet, with all but a tiny amount coming from us, taxpayers. Think how many jobs that could create if invested wisely! The cost of any nuclear accident, except for the first £140 million will be paid by the UK taxpayer. Fukushima has already cost the Japanese government $37 BILLION. Don't say it can't happen here. How many lives have been lost and how many people been driven out of there homes by the Wind Turbine industry? Not hundreds of thousands by the nuclear accident in Japan. If this the road we must take to create jobs, don't be surprised if I advocate a different path.”

“The Germans are not building any new nuclear power stations and decommissioning their existing fleet. true, this will mean that they will be importing energy in the shport term, but in the long run they will have a safer, cheaper and less polluting energy infratsructure. The facts are out there. Per KW of energy generated renewables (i) cost less than nuclear (ii) create less carbon than nuclear and (iii) create more jobs (especially for our own nationals) than nuclear. We should copym the Germans.”

“And you obviously know nothing about farming either Julian Jones.”

“Nuclear fission power using this technology is dangerous, expensive and unnecessary, and future generations will pay both financially and possibly by being polluted. The same resources spent on energy efficiency and wave/tidal, wind and solar would give more energy quicker and much more safely.”

“@envisci

You are still trying to rewrite history I see. . If Margaret Thatcher had still been around we wouldn't bee in this mess, that's for sure.

When the Tories lost power under Ken Clarke's stewardship the FTSE was well on its way to 7000.

Learn about the repeal of Glass-Steagall and how Gordon Brown gave the Bank of England independence and then allowed the FSA to loose control.

http://tinyurl.com/2xkcfw

http://tinyurl.com/3w98qx7”

“Remember the dash for gas under Thatcher ? We were told the gas pipeline to Belgium was to export gas. It was obvious then we were going to be led to being dependent. Of course her cronies have done nicely to be in with the russians, the hidden agenda of bringing down the Iron Curtain.

I agree about our downfall but think it all about mismanagement of resources including human resources. Remeber the tories blaming the unions for everything ? looks like it must have been the management milking it for all its worth. Remember who deregulated the banking system ? Mrs T again. And successive governments cant spend all their time undoing what was done before.

We need good resource management first and foremost.”