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E-Mail from Colin Farlow of Exeter
 

Roger,

First:  Your site is a superb bundle of energy and useful provocation. How many people are under your hat!  I will certainly forward the url to others who will be interested.
 
Nuclear power:  Sorry, can't agree.  It is expensive and hazardous.  It necessarily requires exactly the wrong strain of politics to safeguard it.  It is not the solution to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. 
 
When working for South Yorks County Council in the late 70s and early 80s, I was heavily involved in their opposition to nuclear power, especially through the Sizewell B Inquiry.  Oddly enough, when I joined South Yorks County Council, I was pro-nuclear.  I recall sneering at friends who opposed Torness.  

My first briefing for the then Leader,  when he addressed a new group set up by the NUM,  was (bizarrely) pro-nuclear.  But I then read quite deeply into the topic, became involved in the production of some proofs of evidence submitted to the Inquiry, and changed my mind. 

 
Of course, South Yorks CC  position was squarely pro-coal.  I admit I always felt ambivalent about that -  though the wholesale massacre of that industry was indefensible.  It brought intense problems that will be familiar to you in South Wales. 
 
I do not think it is utopian to point to the developments in solar power.  Solar panels can make every roof into a potential power generator.  I am pleased to see that the Government (for which I have much less time than you) has allocated money to subsidise their installation, and the costs are tumbling anyway.  Within a few years, a massive proportion of the load now generated in stations could be replaced.  
Yes, I know that still leaves the problem of night-time baseload, but that is a more manageable problem than the whole load. 
 
Best wishes,
 
Colin Farlow