So how does Hinkley Compare?
What a bit of Simple Arithmetic can show about The Ludicrous Cost of Offshore Wind compared to a
Nuclear Power Plant:
ON TO THE HOMES !
AND IT WILL DO IT FOR 60 YEARS
To generate electricity for a city of 1 million people for 1 year:___Mine 3,200,000 tonnes of coal - emit 8,500,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases and particulates - landfill 900,000 cubic metres of toxic/radioactive fly-ash.___OR___Mine 50,000 tonnes of uranium ore - emit no greenhouse gases - produce 24 tonnes of radiotoxic 'waste'.___OR___Mine 50 tonnes of equivalent thorium ore - emit no greenhouse gases - produce 0.8 tonnes of radiotoxic 'waste'.