My thoughts in Energy Voice on the energy trilemma:
Read the article on EnergyVoice.com
Extract:
We’ve all struggled with a dilemma at some point. I once found myself torn between an Alfa Romeo (stylish but quite likely to be unreliable) and a Honda (fast, faultless but rather dull). But I dithered until I finally ended up with the worst of both worlds as my sensible VW became problematic. And I was never fully satisfied with the hastily-chosen replacement.
So, if your life is plagued by similar first-world problems, spare a thought for those responsible for setting national energy policy. For they have to wrestle with a complex trilemma of three competing factors: price, sustainability, security. Energy needs to be cheap - otherwise households suffer and businesses go under. It needs to be clean to avoid harming the environment. And it needs to be secure so that external factors, from bad weather to global conflicts, can’t cut our supply. All three of those are vital - always.