A switch to these sources, alongside batteries and energy storage, is how we decarbonise our electricity systems. But we also need to decarbonise other uses of energy, such as transport, heating and industry. This is harder to do. There’s no sustainable liquid fuel that can just take the place of petrol or diesel. So the mantra to fix these energy sources is: ‘electrify everything’. If we can electrify our cars, industry and heating then we can just build more and more nuclear and renewable energy to power them.
