Renewable energy the only way forward

CONOR KEANE argues, correctly, that we need a debate about our energy needs in the 21st century (Irish Examiner, August 27). However, he is wrong to include the possibility of nuclear energy in that debate.

Next spring will see the 20th anniversary of the explosion of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl.

Have people already forgotten how close that explosion came to making the continent of Europe uninhabitable? Were it not for the martyrs who literally sacrificed themselves in order to make the situation stable, we would probably not be here today.