Nigel Lawson Quotes

One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up.

Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.

Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction that, despite renewed interest on every continent, it is unlikely another will be built in the United States.

I am one of those from the green movement who recognises the low carbon benefits of nuclear generation.

Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back.

If France can produce 80 percent of its electricity with nuclear power, why can't we?

I support strongly the expansion of nuclear power because that is one of the key ways of getting electricity generated and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

For years, I have been a strong supporter of clean, safe nuclear energy as an important part of our energy mix.

I believe that nuclear needs to be a part of the solution if the U.S. really wants to be aggressive about reducing carbon.

My job as energy and climate change secretary is to both power the country and protect the planet. Nuclear power delivers on both of these objectives.

If we are to meet the growing electricity demand in the United States without significantly increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supply of electricity, and nuclear power must be part of that mix.

Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy.

In order to be vigorously continued, nuclear power must be profoundly modified.

Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people think wind is the way to go. And there's always balances on that.

The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense.

Nuclear power is an important part of our domestic fuel mix.

We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.

There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.

We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.

GOP seems to stand for Gas, Oil, and Plutonium.

I want to work hard toward my goal that there will be zero nuclear power generation.

Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other low-carbon technology and is a crucial part of our energy mix, along with new sources of power such as shale gas.

Nuclear represents a significant low-carbon opportunity. The electricity it produces is green and reliable.

We need to replace coal with gas. We need to leave oil in the ground.

Exceptional circumstances can accelerate the gradual process of energy transitions: France's decision to develop nuclear energy on a grand scale is perhaps the best example of how that can be done by government fiat. In contrast, America's accelerated shift from coal has been driven by an inevitable embrace of cheaper natural gas.