New Greenpeace UK campaign video: The Convenient Solution
It might surprise you, but most of the UK’s CO2 emissions don’t come from electricity generation, or from transport. They come from domestic and industrial heating.
Nuclear power contributes almost nothing to our enormous heating needs; the bulk of the heat comes from burning gas, with a little help from coal and oil. In fact, nuclear power contributes less than four per cent to our overall energy needs. And building new nuclear power stations (as the government wants to do) at a cost of up to £40 billion won’t increase that contribution; the new power stations will just replace some of the old ones that are too old to operate safely.
It’s clear that if we want to stop climate change and ensure energy security, we need a solution that can contribute to heating and electricity generation.
See the campaign video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfzVQwW_8Jk
See the full story: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk
