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Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The motion, adopted at conference, removes a “blanket opposition to nuclear fission” and instead commits the Green party of England and Wales to assessing nuclear projects alongside other low-carbon technologies.

Its electricity generation policy still prioritises offshore wind, onshore wind and rooftop solar as the primary sources of electricity, but allows elected representatives to support new nuclear reactors on a case-by-case basis.

This was one or the few areas I didn't align with the Green Party before, as I believe that a bit of nuclear is kind of necessary to help round out less consistent energy sources as things stand. I think this is a reasonable stance.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also the sheer amount of land and wildlife destruction they require to build solar fields and windfarms...

[–] uthredii@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't see that as a problem, you don't have to put solar on a nature reserve you can put it on a roof, carpark, canal. You can even put it on grazing land and it can increase biodiversity.

Besides the actual surface needed for solar is relatively small, you could power the UK with about as much surface area as is currently used by golf courses.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

Ah, fair point then.