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Topic: Wind power is not the whole solution
Posted by: David Giles
Date/Time: 29/06/13 16:56:00

This Government has continued the previous Labour Government's policy of encouraging and subsidising onshore and offshore wind power. The subsidies have been mainly to the foreign owners of the wind farms who have sent billions importing equipment and materials from outside the UK Very few jobs have been created for British workers as a result.

Wind power is unreliable because it only produces power when there is
wind. The construction of offshore wind farms is expensive. Onshore  wind
farms  are unsightly and mar the natural appearance of the countryside..

They are not the whole solution and any proposals for new wind farms have to be carefully reviewed against economic, environment and
reliability criteria.

The Government needs to move ahead  with immediately building a new generation of nuclear power stations and the development of shale gas deposits within a strict regulatory environment.


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      Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags28/06/13 19:08:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags28/06/13 19:09:00 Keith Iddon
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags28/06/13 19:32:00 Philippa Bond
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags28/06/13 21:24:00 David Giles
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags29/06/13 04:49:00 Elizabeth Ross
                     Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags29/06/13 12:35:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags29/06/13 13:06:00 Vanessa Smith
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags29/06/13 13:12:00 David Giles
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags29/06/13 15:09:00 Stewart Dean
                           Wind power is not the whole solution29/06/13 16:56:00 David Giles
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Scotland to charge for carrier bags29/06/13 16:11:00 Vanessa Smith
   Re:Scotland to follow Wales' lead and charge for carrier bags ?29/06/13 18:06:00 Richard Greenhough
      Re:Re:Scotland to follow Wales' lead and charge for carrier bags ?29/06/13 20:40:00 Maria Babiak
         Re:Re:Re:Scotland to follow Wales' lead and charge for carrier bags ?15/08/13 11:58:00 Philippa Bond

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