An interesting observation from Professor Ross Garnaut, who compiled the government's climate change report. He says that nuclear power generation has proved to be safe - and that the costs have fallen because of new innovations.
This comes at a time when we have been having rolling blackouts on the hottest days of the year - and the government has finally admitted that these were not entirely due to equipment malfunctions. They grudgingly admit that demand exceeded capacity at some peak periods.
We need more generating capacity and that means a basic decision. More polluting coal fired power stations - or more expensive to run natural gas powered units emitting less Co2 - or do we bite the cherry and go nuclear ?
The hysterical Greens still oppose nuclear, but then they are not very interested in a successful manufacturing economy anyway. It seems that we either continue to seek wind/thermal/solar solutions which can not give a base load guarantee - or run the risk of ending up like many world countries - where electricity supply does not happen 24/7.
It's more than time to put all the facts on the table and have a rational debate. We are fast approaching decision time !
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