Nuclear answer
The Swedish authorities, having just announced their abandonment of targets in switching to “renewable” sources of electric power, have instead adopted a policy of progressive reductions in the use of fossil fuels.
Longer term, they plan to depend mainly on nuclear-powered electricity generation, as do many other countries.
Despite the confidence of politicos and salespeople, renewables are really not, in my view, practical as fossil fuel substitutes.
Be they wind or water-powered, their costs and unreliablity, along with myriad other problems, make them very disappointing. They should never have been adopted, so causing avoidable problems, ultimately without convincing benefit. Present investments in windmills offer bad value.
There is no evidence that decarbonisation could influence climate. Where Sweden leads, why shouldn’t we follow?
Charles Wardrop, Perth
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