In the UK, Alistair Darling made a statement to the commons that said, “The UK is also becoming increasingly dependent on imported oil and gas at a time when global demand is accelerating… With a third of our current electricity generation capacity due to close in the next 20 years, there is also a pressing need for investment in new low carbon sources…”
Unfortunately, even if nuclear is a good option we don’t yet have a way to power farming by nuclear, so if there was a severe reduction in oil and gas flowing to Europe and the U.S, the food production and distribution system would fail.
