Gordon Brown’s Blethering Over Wind

Global Warming Politics

I love that last bit - “a huge injection of public money.” Of course! But just think of the costs to the consumer, and to the marginal poor in energy terms.

Gordon Brown will tell the delegates at the annual conference of the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) that the UK industry is now a world leader.

This is ‘pie-in-the-sky’ politics. The harsh realities are that we have a severe shortage of engineers; the rising demand for wind-power equipment cannot be met; companies are currently pulling out of wind power because of rising costs; and two-thirds of proposals are rejected, with even the Ministry of Defence concerned over the effects on its radar coverage.

But most importantly of all, the programme will have no effects on climate change whatsoever.

This is Gordon Brown at his Scottish blethering worst. The public should not be fooled.