Interview: Dieter Helm : article : Nature Reports Climate Change

What we have learnt is that politicians tend to choose the most expensive options first. Faced with climate change, what's our solution? In Europe, it's to devote most of our energies to a rapid build-out of wind power. This is the sort of thing that makes nuclear power look cheap.

And the real enemy is coal and wind is wimpy against it and it's time to grow up and nuclear is the only way. Oh, and CCS.

Professor of Energy Policy at Oxford. Probably pulls in some nice sponsorship for the poor, struggling place.