Nuclear power stations.

It's about time Australia faced reality when it comes to generating electricity by way of nuclear power. For too long we have had our head in the sand and refused to even discuss the possibility.

Twenty-nine world countries have nuclear power - and another fifty-four generating stations are planned to be built. In Australia - we are still burning coal and ruminating about wind/solar.

Demand for electric power is rising sharply each year, not only because our population is increasing - but also because innovation and industry are increasing the uses to which electricity is put. There is little chance that this situation will change anytime soon.

Australia has about a third of the world's uranium - and not a single nuclear power generator.

Time to bite the bullet. We are still harping on about Chernoble - and choosing to forget that those twenty-nine other countries have been running their reactors accident free for decades - and have now chosen nuclear as the only way to guarantee to meet base load needs.

If we are fair dinkum about saving the planet from global warming - the only answer is to dump coal and burn nuclear !