Sir Bob: 'Go nuclear, big-time'

Thursday, 13 December 2007 Veteran campaigner Sir Bob Geldof has used a hybrid energy blog to call for nuclear power in the UK.

In an entry entitled Could hybrids help reduce our thirst for oil?, Geldof wrote that enhancing fuel efficiency in transport would alter global politics for the better, "but the reality is that we need to do much more than change the type of car we drive to make an impact on climate change."

Referring to the likely "scramble" to build new nuclear plants in the UK to meet an energy gap that emerges around 2018, Geldof wrote: "On this issue, I don't care what anyone says: we're going to go with it, big-time."

He dismissed wind and wave power as "Mickey Mouse", saying that the country might "mess around" with them, "But to really help the planet, we have to go nuclear, fast."

The musician was born in Ireland and became world-famous in 1984 during his campaignfor famine victims in Ethiopia, which climaxed with the Live Aidconcert. He has since championed many causes and in 2005 was voted the Nobel Man of Peace by all living Nobel Peace Prize recipients. He began writing on the blog, which is sponsored by luxury carmaker Lexus, this week.

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