New Statesman: These are times of profound challenges for the energy industry and for climate change policy both in the UK and globally -- being able to keep prices low, dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid relying on unstable regions for our energy seems an impossible combination. It did not always seem so difficult. Throughout the 1990s, the UK had the luxury of being an oil and gas exporter. The shift from coal to gas in electricity generation helped reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions and...
URL: http://www.newstatesman.com/energy/perspectives-energy/2012/10/beware-simple-answers
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