Nuclear option for warm homes?

Ain't I glad to report more glad tidings on the energy front, having celebrated in my previous column in late November China's arguably irreversible shift to green/renewable energy sources like wind, solar and natural gas from excessive dependence on coal.

If winter doesn't choke anymore (as coal is used less for heating), then summer, it seems, will turn freakish, blow hot and blow cold, making me wonder if low-cost, low energy-consuming alternatives to air conditioners would be possible at all in the future.

Be that as it may. In a little over seven months since I went gaga over China's "green power tide", China's embrace of cleaner energy options has got tighter.