Project 90 lodges complaint over nuclear advert

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The Department of Energy has been handing out notebooks and water bottles which promote nuclear power. These promotional items state that nuclear power is clean, safe, reliable and afforable. Project 90 has lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa as we don’t agree that those statements can be substantiated. What is your view? Should the DoE be promoting nuclear power? Do you agree that it is safe, clean and affordable? Continue reading →

Counting the costs: nuclear

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In this final post of our three-part series looking at the true costs of coal, nuclear and fracking, we investigate nuclear power – and debunk the myths that it is cheap, clean and safe. Continue reading →

Project 90 urges new Minister of Energy to listen to the youth

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In an open letter to the new Energy Minister, Ben Martins, published in the Cape Times today Happy Khambule urges him to let the youth of South Africa have a voice in our energy future.

Happy writes: “I cannot stress this enough: WE DO NOT WANT NUCLEAR ENERGY.
The ball is in your court. Please open up a process to get South African citizen opinion on whether to invest in nuclear energy. We’re counting on you”. Read on to see the full letter. Continue reading →

Investigating the costs of energy supply

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Can renewable energy keep the lights on? Issue # 2. As part of our weekly series on renewable energy, this week we start to share with you our findings on the true costs of energy supply, comparing the costs of coal, nuclear and renewable energy. As always, we invite you to give us feedback and point out any holes you spot in our arguments. Continue reading →

Short & Simple: why we don’t like nuclear

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You might remember we wrote about nuclear power a few weeks ago, sorting the fact from the fiction. We have now shortened this article into an attractive and easy to read flyer (which is also easy to print out and distribute!). Continue reading →