Altering a country’s energy strategy is like altering a submarine’s air supply. It’s not something you can play fast and loose with. Yet that’s exactly what the Scottish Government is doing.
Excellent review, the reading of it a pleasure in itself. All of that darkly offset, of course, by the most cursory consideration of what is being proposed.
Is it just the growing cynicism of my advancing years or do I correctly observe that the proposed/planned solution to all of the world's problems right now stand to generate obscene amounts of money for already extremely wealthy global interests at the expense of the impoverishment (or worse) of ordinary folk?
Marvellous article Richard. Exposes many of the incredibly stupid and incompetent policies proposed by this farcical Government. They clearly have absolutely no conception of the damage that they are doing or it is a deliberate attempt to impoverish the people and destroy our economy....
All the green and sustainable energy plans have the same problem, there are too many people creating too much demand for them to cope. At what reduced level of population could they cope and why are governments around the world trying to enact policy that could only work with substantially less demand? It's almost as if they are anticipating a huge decline in population numbers.
I worked for a short time with an engineer who had worked for a renewable energy company. Her information about wind turbines etc were not that complimentary although she acknowledged that they do have their place along with other renewable sources plus nuclear etc.
I note from your reply that you mention hysteria related to climate change. What are your views on climate change? I hope it isn’t that it is, ‘just weather’ as I heard fairly recently on Question Time.
I want to be as informed about all of this as I can be whilst at the same time keeping an open mind about solutions, the government’s part in ‘the solution(s) and indeed what I/we can do to improve our situation on a personal level but also on a grander scale.
Excellent article Richard. Thank you for laying out the information in such a way that it is understandable for the layman. What alternatives would you suggest to the government’s proposals. And how do we stop them (the government) from proceeding with what seems to be a mad strategy.
Scotland is run by a generously financed cult of extremists, who now seem to have abandoned any and every consideration of life in the real world.
Now the High Priestess of Holyrood is gearing up for another costly legal set to with Westminster, as the latter has ,for once, seen common sense and denied assent to the disastrous GRA, so widely repudiated by the general public.
The Net Zero plans are devoid of economic, fiscal and social joined up thinking, but this won't stop the cult.
Unfortunatel, Westminster's Chris Skidmore is equally determined to ban gas boilers and blanket our small island with various 'green' renewable installations.
I have always been all electric ( 35 years) using mainly storage heaters, and can proudly boast using 100% renewable energy. But the cost is more than 3 times that of gas a fact that seems to be ignored. When the reality of being forced to give up gas strikes home there will be even more issues of fuel poverty.
The Scottish government, at present, have not shown they are capable of grasping the technology required to meet their own targets. Practical pragmatism is required to implement a gradual change on our dependency in using gas. Or the price of electricity will have to be reduced considerably for it to be affordable.
Well said Dick. The voices of reason and experience are sadly lacking on the policy making forums. I hope to hear more from you in the future. Of course it is always good to come to the table with solutions too. What would you propose?
Excellent review, the reading of it a pleasure in itself. All of that darkly offset, of course, by the most cursory consideration of what is being proposed.
Is it just the growing cynicism of my advancing years or do I correctly observe that the proposed/planned solution to all of the world's problems right now stand to generate obscene amounts of money for already extremely wealthy global interests at the expense of the impoverishment (or worse) of ordinary folk?
Marvellous article Richard. Exposes many of the incredibly stupid and incompetent policies proposed by this farcical Government. They clearly have absolutely no conception of the damage that they are doing or it is a deliberate attempt to impoverish the people and destroy our economy....
All the green and sustainable energy plans have the same problem, there are too many people creating too much demand for them to cope. At what reduced level of population could they cope and why are governments around the world trying to enact policy that could only work with substantially less demand? It's almost as if they are anticipating a huge decline in population numbers.
This whole thing has a definite idiocracy feel to it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMHfBobgLSI
Richard
I worked for a short time with an engineer who had worked for a renewable energy company. Her information about wind turbines etc were not that complimentary although she acknowledged that they do have their place along with other renewable sources plus nuclear etc.
I note from your reply that you mention hysteria related to climate change. What are your views on climate change? I hope it isn’t that it is, ‘just weather’ as I heard fairly recently on Question Time.
I want to be as informed about all of this as I can be whilst at the same time keeping an open mind about solutions, the government’s part in ‘the solution(s) and indeed what I/we can do to improve our situation on a personal level but also on a grander scale.
David
Excellent article Richard. Thank you for laying out the information in such a way that it is understandable for the layman. What alternatives would you suggest to the government’s proposals. And how do we stop them (the government) from proceeding with what seems to be a mad strategy.
https://www.netzeronation.scot/
https://www.gov.scot/policies/climate-change/
Welcome to cloud cuckoo land.
Scotland is run by a generously financed cult of extremists, who now seem to have abandoned any and every consideration of life in the real world.
Now the High Priestess of Holyrood is gearing up for another costly legal set to with Westminster, as the latter has ,for once, seen common sense and denied assent to the disastrous GRA, so widely repudiated by the general public.
The Net Zero plans are devoid of economic, fiscal and social joined up thinking, but this won't stop the cult.
Unfortunatel, Westminster's Chris Skidmore is equally determined to ban gas boilers and blanket our small island with various 'green' renewable installations.
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2023/01/13/chris-skidmores-rubber-stamp-of-net-zero/
Fascinating and scary.
I have always been all electric ( 35 years) using mainly storage heaters, and can proudly boast using 100% renewable energy. But the cost is more than 3 times that of gas a fact that seems to be ignored. When the reality of being forced to give up gas strikes home there will be even more issues of fuel poverty.
The Scottish government, at present, have not shown they are capable of grasping the technology required to meet their own targets. Practical pragmatism is required to implement a gradual change on our dependency in using gas. Or the price of electricity will have to be reduced considerably for it to be affordable.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/18/hookers-and-private-jets-meet-the-green-davos-climate-saviours/
Do what we say, not what we do: a snapshot of the entertainments laid on, at great expense, for the Net Zero proponents.
Hypocrisy? Holyrood will no doubt be lapping this up.
Well said Dick. The voices of reason and experience are sadly lacking on the policy making forums. I hope to hear more from you in the future. Of course it is always good to come to the table with solutions too. What would you propose?