THE Energy, Politic and Poverty report from Oxford University provides a strategy that sits well with the “power from deserts” concept developed for the Club of Rome by the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC) international network of scientists and engineers.

SOME misconceptions may be leading the Government to overlook a source of clean energy with great potential for Europe.

THERE are much saner alternatives to nuclear power, including a simple, mature technology that can deliver huge amounts of clean energy without any of the headaches of nuclear power.