UK faces energy blackouts without investment in nuclear and clean coal

Britain faces electricity blackouts unless the Government does more to support nuclear and clean coal as well as renewables, experts have warned. Dieter Helm, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford, said the UK will face shortages and high prices for electricity from 2020 when the current generation of coal-fired power stations and nuclear stations have to close down.

[reminder: the US gets most - ~55% - of its electricity from coal. So, when we all switch to electric cars, where's the juice going to come from?]

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