it is therefore vital that in the decisions we take regarding our energy plan we are awake to these changing dynamics so as to avoid locking ourselves into a future which could make us globally uncompetitive in this regard we should be constantly reviewing and where necessary revising our twenty year energy plan the national planning commission calls for this approach and specifically argues for us to debate the financial viability of our proposed nuclear build programme despite this call the minister and the anc government have refused to open up this debate and seem determined to push ahead with the programme regardless of its financial consequences for the country