4 SEPTEMBER 2004, Page 29

Fossil fuel shortfall

From Austin Spreadbury Sir: Nick Reeves is right to be pleased that renewables could meet 21 per cent of Europe's energy needs (Letters, 28 August). But if we can't burn fossil fuels because of global warming, and we can't use nuclear because of the radiation risk, I am driven to ask how he thinks we can suddenly do without the other 79 per cent.

Austin Spreadbuty

Enfield, Middlesex