Nuclear, Cingolani: “I’m not a fan but I don’t condemn him”

“I’m not a nuclear fan but I’m not even one who condemns nuclear power and I’m not a fan of any technology, but being a scientist, in my opinion we don’t have the solution yet but if we stop studying, doing research and innovation certainly the solution does not come by itself “. This is what the Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani said when speaking on the nuclear issue that has returned to the fore after yesterday’s European Council in Brussels. “In my opinion this is the moment of the study”, underlined speaking to ‘Digithon’ in live streaming. As for the energy price crisis, the minister observed how “today we face the winter with gas reserves to a minimum: fortunately not Italy, which has reserves up to 80%, but other countries in northern Europe, for example, have problems. And in part the increase in gas prices depends on this, on a problem of supply and demand “. “Having exasperated in words the fact that gas must be eliminated as soon as possible has created the so-called market nervousness: the gas providers have said ‘if you demonize the gas we show you that by closing the taps you have problems’ – explained Cingolani – and there is also an important geopolitical problem because Nord Stream has to leave and Russia wants to be sure that there are no reverse gears “. “So – the minister summarized – a series of facts keep the price of gas high which weighs 80% on the bill, the remaining 20% ​​depends on the increase in the cost of CO2, so the ecological transition weighs for 20% on the bill “.” To eliminate coal and switch to renewable energy, for the transition, – added Cingolani – it takes tens of years, during which gas is objectively the energy vector of the transition: it is true that it is fossil but produces less CO2 from coal and guarantees the continuity of the grid in combination with renewables “. “It takes years to get rid of the gas,” the minister said.