LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must build new nuclear power plants, generate more electricity from wind and waves and curb domestic demand to fight global warming as well as keeping the lights burning, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman. OUCH, that's gotta hurt the greens, eh? Expect a Greenpeace ad on British TV ASAP.
He also stressed the need to reduce rising dependence on imported oil and gas as supplies from the North Sea dwindle. "Not to mention stopping the money from flowing to that he!!-hole in the Middle East," he added.
"Wishful thinking will not keep the lights on," he told reporters on Tuesday. "Nuclear is not the only answer, but neither is renewables the only answer or energy efficiency the only answer. What you need is the mix." This spokesman deserves a cluebat award, doesn't he. What we've all been saying here for years now. |