How will David Cameron keep the lights on?
Neither of the main parties seems to have any
idea how we are to meet the looming shortfall in
power, warns Christopher Booker.
By Christopher Booker
Published: 6:11PM GMT 06 Mar 2010
As the election approaches, two issues should transcend all others.
One, obviously, is what the parties propose to do
about the £178 billion deficit in government
spending. But another, equally terrifying - as
this column has warned for years - is what is to
be done to avert the fast-looming crisis in
Britain's electricity supplies. With 40 per cent
of our generating capacity due to disappear in
the next few years, as 14 of our major nuclear
and coal-fired power stations are forced to
close, how do the parties propose to keep
Britain's lights on and our computer-dependent
economy functioning?