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I think that solar ande wind should be promoted so that each home can provide for it's self. We should each have a mini wind turbine and solar panells/cells!

I know! I've seen home grown wind turbines in B&Q, and there is also a program running in my area to get solar pannels. It would save a lot of money too!

I support all forms of renewable energy except nuclear (reasons against nuclear - health dangers, waste disposal, terrorist/accident risk, expensive, high grade fuel used is a finite resource and also produces CO2 when being mined)
I prefer large scale renewables especially large wind farms because for the cost and resources used they save more CO2 than domestic scale renewable energy (eg. solar panels) I'm not against small household renewables though if people can afford them. Onshore wind is cheaper than offshore.

Biomass is a developing technology but it has potential. It is good when biomass plants are combined heat and power so they heat local houses as well as producing electricity. Biomass would probably have a limited role to play in renewable production because there is only so much land we would want to use for growing energy crops rather than food crops (same with biofuels for cars) The scope for utilising the wind and sun, however is massive.

There is almost no terrorist risk. None. Yes, there is an accident risk, but the reasons why Chernobyll and Three Mile Island (the only major neuclear blows) went it was because not enough money was being put into them to keep them in good enough condition. Kept in a good state, there is very little accident risk.

True, but if we were to start using lots of neuclear fuels then they would have to put a lot of money into it.

Yes, but there are other, more effecitve ways and scientists have been working on new ways to dispose of it.

Maybe not, but it is a very good power supply. I think they just need to get everyone using renewable supplies....

A nuclear power station could provide a target for a terrorist group.
Radioactive material can be used in weapons.

There isn't any way to guarantee the safety of nuclear power. If anything goes wrong with a nuclear power station the consequences are horrible and the area is contaminated for a long time. There are still children being born near Chernobyll with severe deformities - many are dumped into children's homes because their parents can't cope.

The need to put lots of money into a nuclear power station to keep it running as safely as it can be, is one of the reasons why nuclear power is so expensive.