Much as it hurts, because I am not one of Donald Trump’s natural fans, I endorse wholeheartedly his plea to the UK not to shut down the North Sea prematurely as a major producer of oil and gas (your report, 4 January). While they have a use, I also share his doubts about “windmills” being anything other than a very limited but useful and periodic stand-by.
Like a stopped clock, Donald Trump is right at least twice a day, and he is spot-on there. Of course, the product is finite and will have to stop, but why the rush to outdo everyone else with our zealotry and infliction of pain on our weakest and most vulnerable?
All that means is that in the interim period until surely nuclear will have to shoulder the bulk of the load, we will need to buy the required oil and gas to survive from the Middle East and Russia. Not the most reliable of sources. Think about it.
Alexander Mckay
Edinburgh
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