Nuclear costs have always been unmeetable, in comparison with renewables, in comparison with energy efficiency, and other ways to meet energy services, so the whole prospect for this program has never been sound.
Inheritance: Give it up or pass it on? – Radio 4
Speech to The Global Engineering Congress at the Institute of Civil Engineers – 24 October 18
REMARKS BY TOM BURKE CBE TO THE GLOBAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, LONDON WEDNESDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2018 Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today at such an important and timely event. I am particularly pleased to be asked to speak about financing decarbonisation. When I […]
Climate change is reaching a tipping point – Sky News
Prosperity, Security, Stability
Tom Burke – E3G – One Planet Summit – Channel 4 News – 12 Dec 17
SMALL BITES NO.3
On November 23rd, Financial Times Energy Editor, Andrew Ward, wrote, ‘energy consumers face paying £30bn above market prices for electricity for Hinkley over the 35-year life of the contract’. He was in error. The actual additional cost to consumers is £59bn. In his defence, Mr Ward can fairly claim […]
China’s increased emissions – BBC World News Business Report – 15 Nov 17
There is a catastrophic gap between promises to cut carbon emissions and the action need to deliver those cuts – BBC World Service
ON THE BREAKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROMISES
There are a great many champions of the environment in Britain. Between them, our environmental bodies have several times the membership of all the political parties in Britain combined. They probably know rather more about the will of the people than the political leaders who somehow managed not to […]