Tom Nelson: "[Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government] Beddington says changes in the Arctic may lead to colder weather in the UK, and longer periods of low wind"

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Unless there are dramatic changes, the dominant energy supply over next two decades will still be fossil fuels, Beddington says. #ftenergy

Beddington says changes in the Arctic may lead to colder weather in the UK, and longer periods of low wind. That's a problem. #ftenergy

We have a "political problem" in the UK - "people" do not like onshore wind. We'll have to see how this pans out, Beddington says. #ftenergy

Beddington: Japan's decision to phase out nuclear "kind of understandable given they are in one of the main earthquake regions"... #ftenergy

Tom Nelson