We must harness other energy sources

WHILE Ireland lags far behind other EU states when it comes to harnessing energy from renewable sources, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has reiterated his implacable opposition to nuclear power.

With oil prices at record levels, triggered by fears of a preemptive US strike to prevent Iran developing atomic weapons, the Taoiseach insisted that he never believed in the merits of nuclear power from either an environmental or energy viewpoint.

Now that nuclear power has effectively been ruled out, the question being asked by worried consumers is this: What alternative sources of energy they can rely on in the future?