About climate change.

[vernon]

I'll stop eating Mars bars. I'm sure that'll help.

I'm a black hole that swallows Milky Ways.

 

[gavroche]

If the present government is so concerned about climate change, why have they stopped all funding on green energy?

 

[vernon]

If the present government is so concerned about climate change, why have they stopped all funding on green energy?

They haven't stopped funding green energy production. They have savagely reduced the feed-in tariffs.

 

[vernon]

I go like a rocket after a few Boost bars.

You haven't seen me consume a few Galaxies rinsed down with a beer at the Star Bar have you?

 

[gavroche]

They haven't stopped funding green energy production. They have savagely reduced the feed-in tariffs.

They have stopped all funding of green energy plants like offshore windmills.

 

[vernon]

They have stopped all funding of green energy plants like offshore windmills.

Not true. It's the onshore windfarms that are facing the reduction of subsidies. That's not the same as all funding for green energy plants. Photo-voltaic panels are also having the feed-in tariffs reduced.

The government is being more selective with the green energy projects that it is choosing to support. Like this one:

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/new...-consent-to-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm

And the justification for the scaling down of subsidies:

Government plans to tackle climate change and hit EU renewable energy targets envisage that between 11 and 13 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind power is needed by 2020.

More than 9.5 GW of projects – about 5,500 turbines - have either already been built or are under construction in the UK. At least 5.2 GW more wind farms – almost 3,000 more turbines - have already been granted planning permission.

Even if not all of these are built there would still be enough to hit the top end of Government plans.

On top of that, there are close to 3,000 more big new turbines with a combined capacity of more than 7GW seeking planning permission.

The DECC spokesman said: “Looking at what has already had planning permission, there is enough onshore wind to contribute what’s needed to reach the ambition set out in the Coalition Government’s renewables roadmap that 30 per cent of our electricity should come from renewables by 2020.”

 

[vernon]

They have stopped all funding of green energy plants like offshore windmills.

A good reason for not being over-reliant on wind energy production...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...downs-force-National-Grid-to-issue-alert.html

Last winter's coldest spell was accompanied by next to no wind.

The wind generating companies weren't exactly trumpeting the advantages of their generating methods.

There is a place for wind turbines but this has to be balanced with the need for energy security. Intermittent generation is a shortcoming of this renewable energy source.