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Busani Ngcaweni: Though hydraulic fracturing & nuclear energy are painted both as evils & boons for South Africa's energy, the reality lies somewhere in between

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Independent Online: Mix It Up to Gain Energy Security

Concerns over the nuclear programme and hydraulic fracking have turned public discourse about these developments into a neo-religious, zero-sum debate characterising them as good or evil.

Such discourse may appear illuminating but we should guard against the ease with which we allow ourselves to be swept along by a tide of polarisation and idealism that ignores the complexity of the public policy choices countries have to make to advance innovation, inclusive growth, sustainability and prosperity.

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