Hinkley Nuclear Power Station.

choille

Petition to attempt to get Philip Hammond to consider Re newable energy rather than this new nuclear power station at Hinkley which will be the first to be built i over two decades.

https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/no-hinkley

tberry6686

Have you considered how much extra renewable energy would be needed to remove the need for a nuclear power station, where would the standby power be coming from for when the renewables are not generating ?

There is a need for this power station, why try to block it.

Just noticed it is a greenpeace thing, or in other words do everything that they can to send us back to the stonage.

choille

The amounts of money that will need to be spent on this - 18 bn would go a long way in renewables ie wind, wave, solar & hydro.

tberry6686

Doesn't remove the need for backup generation, so still need the nuclear plant

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Let's get fracking on with it. If others want to use candles, fine by me!

System

Stupid Greenpeace, not realising that nuclear is a more realistic way to tackle global warming and that global warming is a bigger threat than radiation.

Of course it'd be ideal if we were 100% renewable but that's not realistic

choille

MatthewAinsworth wrote: »

Stupid Greenpeace, not realising that nuclear is a more realistic way to tackle global warming and that global warming is a bigger threat than radiation.

Of course it'd be ideal if we were 100% renewable but that's not realistic

No & it won't be if the will isn't there, nor the investment. Seems rather a heap of money to throw at something that other countries are not as enthusiastic about - even the PM is stalling.