Nuclear Power to be questioned in a Peak Oil context at Imperial College, London

An event looking at Nuclear Power in a context of declining global oil supplies will take place at Imperial College, London on Tuesday March 21st starting at 6.30pm.

There is increasing awareness that energy prices are not going to get any cheaper. Britain is currently on the edge of a gas crisis, threatening industry, while oil prices have settled above $60 a barrel. Chief Executives at both Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell have said the era of easy oil is over. The claims that we are imminently approaching the global peak in oil production are gathering in intensity and validity. At the same time, the race is on to change our electricity generation to one that emits far fewer greenhouse gases than burning fossil fuels, due to the threat of Climate Change. With a large section of Britain