It takes courage to re-evaluate and change course. This environmentalist was a true believer, investing all his effort into what he thought would make the world a better place. But he also kept his eyes open, kept on observing and thinking about his work, and ultimately changed his mind about his course in life.
As he says, the best policies will be those that look honestly at all the energy options open to us and make choices to protect both people and the planet. It looks like The Netherlands didn't pay enough attention to the needs of its people (see this week's previous posts).
Our energy policy choices moving forward need to consider these factors: reliability, affordability, security, scalability, land use.
Amazing fact - solar farms require 75 times the land that a typical nuclear plant requires to provide 1000 MW of energy. Wind farms require 360 times the land that a nuclear plant requires.
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