Country should focus on nuclear power and carbon capture technologies,former chief scientific adviser said in his final interview The opinion that renewable energy can power the UK is an “appalling delusion”, according to the final interview given by former chief scientific adviser, or the late Professor Sir David MacKay.
The sensible energy and climate change draw for the UK,MacKay said, was for the country to focus on nuclear power and carbon capture storage technology, and which traps the carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning. In that scenario,the amount of wind and solar the UK needed would be almost zero, he said.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com