The magazine was founded at a time of high public interest in energy issues , due to the second oil crisis and the Three Mile Island accident the previous year , and to a wave of public interest in energy conservation stimulated by environmental concerns . The topic had become highly political ; for example a debate took place in the Cambridge Union Society ( the University 's debating club ) in November 1980 under the title " This House Believes Britain 's Dependence on Nuclear Power will Result in Disaster " , opposed by Bernard Jenkin
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