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regardless of whether climate change (real or not) and whether it is caused by humans or not, there is a very very good reason for us switching to alternate forms of energy- whether nuclear as would be my preference, or reliable renewable energy, and that is pure economics and politics.

Our dependence on gas in particular is really going to fuck us over badly in the future without a doubt. Reserves were predicted to last longer than they will given the massive increase in consumption in recent years. As a main supplier, we're giving Russia a very useful hold over us, and even the new sources in Denmark etc are liable to exactly the same problems in terms of Russian supplies- we're end of the line, and bidding wars in cold times mean promised gas can be easily diverted.

So while I'm all for people cutting down energy usage and recycling etc, I really feel that it simply isn't the answer- we need to get to grips with the future as well in terms of supplying the energy we *do* need
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:58, Reply)