Yesterday’s Scotsman column by Chris Mclauchlan declares “there is a buzz around the decision to locate the proposed UK Energy HQ in Aberdeen”. He says around 81 per cent of people feel positive about this proposal but, further in the article, doubts cannily start to emerge about funding.
However, my concern as an ordinary person is more along the lines of, will the proposed, so-called UK Energy invest to create Uk-owned and operated energy sources or merely continue to underpin overseas investment and earnings? The concern centres on whether our UK business and public will benefit from control of pricing that reduces energy costs to allow our business to compete, reassuring the public that this country is less exposed to outside influences.
So far I’ve picked up from our media that “green energy” will be the focus, that thousands of of jobs will be created with the HQ located in Aberdeen, and billions will be invested but little else of substance. At present that reads to me as: taxes will rise, more civil servants will be employed, a lot of hot air and meetings will be generated – and little else. Please prove me wrong.
A Lewis Coylton, Ayrshire
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