Business | Powering Britain
A choice of energy
Britain should put money on a fast breeder reactor, with a side bet on wave energy
A major problem for the 22 wise men on Mr Tony Benn’s energy commission, which had its first pow-wow on Monday, is that decisions now on research and development will shape how much energy Britain can get in the year 2000 from renewable sources (wind, wave, sun, fast breeder reactors, etc). Yet nobody knows how much of these will be needed then—or whether wind, wave, or sun will have proved a viable alternative to fast breeders.
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