Is the Hinkley Point C deal a win-win-win or a lose-lose-lose? | Letters

Your leader (Overcomplicated, overpriced and overdue. Think again, 22 September) presents a misleading impression of the alternatives to Hinkley Point C while ignoring the strengths of the project.

Germany is not, as you suggest, a model that Britain should follow. It is true the country generates more electricity from renewables. But German consumers pay higher bills and the country produces more CO₂ emissions as it continues to burn lignite, the most polluting fossil fuel of all. It is also forced to dump surplus electricity it can't use.