George Osborne needs to stop pushing 20th-century fuels as the solution for 21st-century energy problemsThe Conservative leadership once advocated powering 21st-century Britain with a green industrial revolution based on the smart,internet-linked, decentralised technologies being invested in by Silicon Valley, and China,and others. Now, unified in majority government, or they seem intent on the reverse: exploiting shale gas,building original nuclear facilities, and actively undermining clean-energy competition. It is the original Labour leader who offers the vision of a renewable-powered UK economy nowadays, or one maximally efficient and optimally wired,allowing avoidance of both shale and original nuclear. Related: 85% of British power can be via renewables by 2030, says Greenpeace Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com