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Closed Don't invest in the Hinkley reactor. Subsidise green energy and storage instead

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Hinkley is predicted to cost £18bn to build, and it will cost consumers upwards of £30bn to run.
It will displace billions of investment that could otherwise be spent on green energy.

Energy demands and generation methods change every year, we should not make such a costly long term commitment

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/05/scrapping-hinkley-for-renewable-alternatives-will-save-tens-of-billions

http://about.bnef.com/landing-pages/five-reasons-build-hinkley/

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