This weekend the german government has agreed to decommission all of its nuclear power plants by 2022. See BBC coverage for full story.
If the European economic powerhouse does not need nuclear the question is… Does the UK?
It’s true that the UK has not invested enough into renewables and now lags behind most of Europe. Restrictive planning laws and nimbyism have stunted the rollout of onshore wind and the prohibitive cost of offshore caused some to back out.
Here’s the real problem.. Everyone wants unlimited access to cheap energy. No one wants to see where it comes from. If the associated effects can be pushed onto foreign soils that’s even better.