At first it looked like a journalistic coup, writes Neil Crumpton - the BBC's 'scoop' that FOE was no longer opposed to nuclear power. Except that FOE remains firmly anti-nuclear as it has been for decades. The spotlight must now be turned on the BBC itself, and its little-known but shocking links to the nuclear industry
… into the real answers - renewables and energy conservation. Worse, they will cause energy …
It's odd how often the contribution of nuclear energy is overstated, writes Neil Crumpton, by mixing up 'energy' and 'electricity', while a similar trick to understates the importance of renewables like wind and solar. Even odder is how the mistake always seems to go the same way, to make nuclear look bigger than it really is, and renewables smaller. Welcome to the nuclear 'X factor'!
Lies, damned lies, and energy statistics - why nuclear is so much less than it claims to be Neil Crumpton | 26th May 2015 Activism Energy Nuclear Renewables Media Politics sellafield-cut.jpg It's odd …