My selection tells my story

Renewable energy plus battery storage are proven to be the lowest-cost source of energy. Technologies are more capital-efficient and can be rolled out much quicker than any other source of energy.

We have to empower the people currently employed in the non-renewable energy sector so they can move to other jobs, and we can't do that overnight. So phasing out coal, while increasing the renewables will hopefully be our best bet.

We have millions of tons of coal, it remains the cheapest and most reliable form of energy we have. Cheap electricity enables better beneficiation of our mineral rights

We have coal, we need to use technology to alliw what we gave and support the building and transition to all alternative forms. Germany ditched their coal and now with regional conflict, need them back. France works on mini reactors, renewables are contributive but not enough for the whole functionality. We need to protect the future and our people by ensuring they have power to grow all their needs.

We have some of the best solar and wind resources in the world. We do not have a problem with the dunkelflaute. Solar and wind are the cheapest forms of power for us. Battery prices continue to drop. We are nowhere near renewable saturation. It is the sensible way to go.

I always tend to a moderate, middle of the road, unextreme solutions to problems. It tends not to create new problems.

Our current government cant keep the current coal stations running efficiently. How will they run nuclear power stations or renewable energy or even afford these types of power. The coal power stations will close down by normal non-maintenance attrition which will drop our power requirement. it will be left to industry and the normal population to generate power. Incidentally how is diesel/petrol generator power measured in RSA if it is at all? Between solar and generators this will be what RSA will be running on - all else will be too expensive.

Wind and solar generation costs are already below coal and gas. You wouldn't build a fossil fuel plant today, so okay, amortise what you have, but phase them out fast.

The planet has run out of time to support all our lives and livelihoods with the business as usual approach.

We are in a climate crisis and its getting rapidly worse, so 'every fraction of a degree matters'. That means every mitigation effort possible in reducing emissions matters - thus absolutely no more fossil fuel use. More nuclear is a non-starter - we still dotn know what to do with the highly dangerous waste, its hugely expensive to build and increasingly vulnerable to shutdowns with extreme weather events and heating issues due to availability of cooling water. RE is free once you build the infrastructure - it doesnt require constantly sourcing and burning polluting fuels.... I could go on, but really, a no-brainer all-round, its just the vested interests which are problematic.

Nuclear is the most efficient, non-environmentally damaging power production method available, and it's not even close.

Coal is out for emissions reasons, nuclear is too expensive and going for a mix will result in some sources becoming redundant & so a waste of Capital so RE plus batteries is the way forward for electricity supply. This doesn't deal with transportation energy needs though (at least until we get electric trucks)

To get us to wide-scale energy production faster I would have voted for nuclear, except I can't see how South African government-level mismanagement, neglect and theft won't push us into Chornobyl territory.

I believe we should focus on renewables because new builds on nuclear or fossil fuel plants are expensive and take a lot of time to come online, not to mention that they are seldom completed within budget and on time. This leads to a risk of them being stranded assets, having been overtaken by renewables before they are even useful. Thus, renewables are probably the safest bet for employing capital and effort. This is all a guess, not based on any research or knowledge.

Eskom has shown the way to killing people through pollution, incompetence & corruption. Cutting them off has been successful from power guzzling factories to homes: all renewable - as long as the sun shines & can fill batteries. No room for coal or nuke at home. Diesel generation may be needed, sadly, but transiently & infrequently.