I have been following the humongous Indo- US nuclear co-operation for sometime now. My question is very simple, which is cheaper and safer? Energy generated from windmills and wave turbines, or nuclear.Why are we hell bent on creativng a Chernobyl sometime in future, when 85000 MW of installed capacity of wind power alone is available to us along our vast coastline, the desert,and in the Himalayas.Add to this the installed capapcity of wave turbines from that immense coastline.These sources are also clean and green.And I bet they are finiancially as viable as the nuclear option. The motive here is different.It has more to do with access to sophisticated technology,security concerns, and so on, what with having to live every day with the biggest rogue state as our immediate neighbour.
