While I am sure we all support the long-term vision of greener energy we cannot ignore, in the short to medium term, the problem highlighted by the Ukraine crisis – the dependency of the UK and Europe on Russia for oil and gas energy which, by the autumn, will be highlighted by fuel poverty for a huge number of households .
One illustration of the Green fuel lunacy is the Drax biomass power station in Yorkshire. Drax cuts its trees in the Mississippi delta, chips them, then transports the biomass chips in pollution-creating ships across the Atlantic to Humberside and the Drax Power Station.
What do Drax get out of this arrangement – well, in 2021 they got UK subsidies of £893 million and when the scheme concludes in 2027 they will have received subsidies of no less than £11,000,000,000.
Perhaps the Greens might defer their headlong drive for wind power and support Shell’s rethink and support the development of the Cambo Field and other medium-term energy sources, such as shale.
Robin Jack, Edinburgh
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