It seems almost perverse that those presently holding the power to decide
future energy provision in Scotland are pursuing a renewables course that
will end in disaster.
Even in Germany, where there was a similar blindness to reality to that now
prevailing in Scotland, the penny seems to have dropped. They have taken
wind and solar power farther and faster than any major country and now find
themselves out on a limb: the highest electricity prices in Europe and
rising, an unreliable grid system and, irony of ironies, CO2 emissions are
actually going up.
Angela Merkel??s number two, Sigmar Gabriel, has now declared emission
targets cannot be met and that German industry is now at risk and
coal-fired and other generation simply cannot be phased out as planned by
the renewable lobby.
Could a more stark warning of following the SNP??s declared line on energy
be possible? Or is it once again, as in the referendum, a matter of
shutting out any inconvenient truth, closing your eyes to all evidence and
warnings from experts, relying on a few assertions from vested interests
and ploughing on regardless. This they can do, presumably in the knowledge
that ????tainted???? nuclear and other fuel fired generation from other
parts of the UK will keep the Scottish lights on. It is madness.
Alexander McKay
8/7 New Cut Rigg
Edinburgh EH6 4QR
—
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
http://www.avast.com
0 Comments