Renewables no panacea, it's about coal or nuclear

24 July 2016 - 02:00

By Ron Derby

Renewable energy has won the public relations war, and for the right reasons, namely, that climate change is an indisputable truth and, as much as we can, we should try to salvage the situation for future generations.

But this renewable push isn't as sustainable in an emerging back yard as it is in the developed climes of, say, Europe.

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