Earl of Bronze

Unfortunately its not just low carbon emissions from power stations that need to be addressed. We also burn fossil fuels in our favourite form of transport, so there is IMHO a need to invest in research into Fuel Cells. Or at the very least, a much more efficient electric motor for transport. In Toronto the TTC use streetcars (trams), and if memory serves, electric buses with an overhead power pickup. Why dont more cities invest in this sort of technology? By improving the public transport infrastructure, and at the same time using motors that dont poison both the people and the environment we start getting a win/ win mindset going. Offcourse, by the time politicians start thinking this way, london might be under several feet of water.

Edit : forgot to say, I'm in favour of switching to Nuclear Power, But only in the hands of government. Private industry IMHO cant be trusted to run nuclear plant without the profit margin as the be-all and end-all for their thinking.