Originally Posted by
life on mars
Some sense at last as the goverment agrees 6 new licences to fire up North Sea Oil rigs .
Renewables may only offer part of our energy needs via the Sun or wind sadly they are not able to power the country and may never provide a 100% solution, as we have to power huge generators , therfefore we will always need nuclear, gas, coal, oil or some form of biomass fired solution.