Rather than an endlessly reheated nuclear debate, politicians should be powered by the evidence | Adam Morton

A renewable-dominated system is comfortably the cheapest form of power generation, according to research

We should be wary of simple declarations about the increasingly rapid transformation of the electricity grid.

The government has been given a sharp reminder of this after leaning too heavily on pre-election modelling that suggested its policies to boost renewable energy could lead to a $275 cut in bills by 2025. You never know when a Vladimir Putin-shaped villain might disrupt international fossil fuel markets, wreck your assumptions and leave you accused of breaking an election pledge.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/30/rather-than-an-endlessly-reheated-nuclear-debate-politicians-should-be-powered-by-the-evidence

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