Sir,
Yesterday an article appeared in the Times under the heading “Onshore wind ‘faces de facto ban in Scotland beyond 2030’”.
The gist of the article is that 13 companies involved in building onshore wind farms have sent an open letter to Ed Miliband complaining that the figures set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan imply a doubling of capacity by 2030 but very little between 2030 and 2035. This, they claim, amounts to a “ban” from 2030. While practical restrictions (based on available network capacity) might result in fewer developments beyond 2030, I suspect their real concern is that the “wind rush” of the next five years, together with the beneficial subsidies regime being extended by the UK government to achieve its 2030 targets, might not be available to them thereafter. They squeal that this puts billions of pounds of investment at stake. In reality, what they are concerned about is hundreds of millions of pounds of anticipated profits – via subsidies – that they fear they can no longer rely on.
The whole thing – every aspect of the global net zero agenda – is about money. Global capitalists have taken in net zero supporters hook line and sinker. Its supporters become distressed at the thought of “big oil” companies, but they can’t see that “big green” is every bit as greedy and every bit as – if not even more – environmentally destructive. Scotland’s wild places are being turned into an industrial waste land, all so that “big green” can become bigger and richer.
Yours faithfully
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