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Government should keep its distance from energy lobbies

The sooner the procrastination stops the better. Only people without a grasp on reality believe that we can 'get by' on 'Renewables'. The time to brown-outs gets ever closer and we are still singing the praises of the renewables without understanding that generally solar is inefficient, wind power is variable and unreliable, geo-thermal good, but expensive or proven and not large scale enough and still needs further extensive research. We need to learn from the accidents and implement safely, not sit around arguing about the lack of oil and gas, where to site these whirling monsters and fooling with feed in tarrifs. They all cloud the real issue (pun intended) - get on with it now! Germany's mass migration from Nuclear is clearly a big mistake, politically motivated and ill advised. As a result Germany will become a net importer of electrical energy. Could there be an export market there for the UK energy authorities?

4 Jul 2011

10:20 am