SIR – Ray Wilkes’s letter (T&A, August 25) makes a case for nuclear power. I accept that this will form part of the energy mix.

It cannot, however, generate all our electricity. Uranium is limited in supply; some estimates suggest that it will run out worldwide in 100 years even if only used at the present rate. It is politically unrealistic to expect to find new sites for more nuclear power stations.

As for subsidies, more than 90 per cent of the subsidies for non-fossil fuel electricity have gone to the nuclear industry. Now ten per cent of our electricity comes from renewables – even on Ray Wilkes’ figures of a £60 surcharge on electricity bills at present, 20 per cent would only result in a surcharge of £120, not £1,200.

Moreover, the Government is continuously, and correctly, reducing subsidies for many renewables. For example, that for electricity from domestic photovoltaic panels was reduced by half last year.

I do not want ‘our beautiful landscapes … desecrated by wind farms’. I hope to see us, the citizens of Bradford District, invest together to put turbines where we want them, in areas of less than stunning natural beauty such as Ovenden Moor and the top of the M606.

John D Anderson, Bramham Drive, Baildon