Letters

Net Zero stalwarts, such as Ed Miliband in the UK, are becoming more and more rare. Most have accepted that the target was simply impossible without horrendous suffering for those least able to cope.

So, it is back to the drawing board on that line for Mr

Miliband and his fellow ecozealots. Meanwhile, Germany’s first ever offshore wind farm, Alpha Ventus, is being dismantled after 15 years. It is too unprofitable to operate because the enormous taxpayer-funded subsidies can simply no longer be afforded.

Is it not time the UK joined the rest of the world and accept the truth? We need rapid readjustment of the masochistic plans to self-harm and close to insane timescales and a resumption of oil and gas production until we are really in a position to let it go safely. Fifty to 100 years as a first guess would be a fair term to get it right.

Alexander Mckay

Edinburgh