THERE should be viable alternatives to plans to build further nuclear power stations.
Recent developments in solar panels have increased surface area by a factor of four, and if a market was created I believe we could see a doubling of capacity every four years.
Look at microprocessors to see what the market can do.
The Government could easily create such a market, as we are expected to reduce CO2, and, as Britain still has a strong science base, become a world leader and exporter.
This would allow micro-generation house by house and remove the need for the nuclear option. Similar arguments apply to small wind generators.
As a country we urgently need to build on our engineering base, before we lose everything to the East.
As Richard Branson put it so well, why shut down the car industry in the shape of MG Rover when all that is needed is a forwards push to hybrid petrol electric models with safety features paramount?
There does not seem to be a single engineer in the House of Commons worth his salt. Instead we have a bunch of what I regard as war criminals with their eyes on "history".
We will be history as a country unless we invest in science and new industries of the future now.
Chris Clayton,
Hempland Drive, York.
Updated: 11:09 Wednesday, May 11, 2005
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