Critical questions on oil and gas
It is incredible that a First Minister of Scotland could accuse Western leaders of “catastrophic negligence over climate change” when he appears unaware that China, a country in the East, is the biggest polluter in the planet. Hence, before he acts to ensure “Scotland is no longer the oil and gas capital of Europe” (The Herald, September 19) Humza Yousaf should provide answers for the people of Scotland to the following questions.
First, why does the SNP Energy Plan require 85GW of generation capacity to meet a maximum 2045 demand of only 20GW? Surely scrapping the 60GW of solar/wind units and trust that the 25GW of gas turbines will keep the lights on is a better policy to minimise consumer debt over repaying for 60GW of capacity that will be surplus to requirements especially if the sub-sea cables being manufactured at Hunterston mean England will be powered by electricity from North Africa and will not require power from Scotland.
The second question is what is the SNP estimate of the Constraint Payment Nill arising from 60Gw of solar/wind units and will English consumers continue to cover 92% of the cost?
The final question is why the refusal of a Holyrood Parliament to site any solar/wind units on the Pentland, Sidlaw and Kilpatrick Hills to minimise grid line losses in transferring the power to the people?
Ian Moir, Castle Douglas
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