Cooking the planet

Cooking the planet George Monbiot has tried to estimate how much energy the UK can run on, how much of that might be produced from renewable sources, and comes up with at least 23 Gw we need to generate from other sources. 23 Gw from carbon fuels will still cook the planet, he says; can nuclear energy become an acceptable source? No easy choices, and Lord May warns we have no evolutionary experience of acting on behalf of a distant future. Our leaders will not address these issues unless we insist they do. The Climate March on Saturday is a chance to insist.