With the present concerns about climate change and fossil fuel depletion we should be substantially reducing the amount of fossil fuel used.
Generating electricity from wind and solar energy instead of burning natural gas is one way to achieve this. I support a considerable expansion of both wind and solar.
These renewables are not the complete answer, gas will still be needed at times of low wind and no sun, but better to burn gas for say 1,000 hours a year rather than continually.
Much of our gas and oil is imported from or via unstable places, and imports are at risk of disruption in the event of political changes in such places.
Scarce foreign currency is also expended on these imports. Better therefore to produce as much of our own energy as possible and to reduce imports as far as possible.
I would have no objection to wind or solar farms near me.
With the present concerns about climate change and fossil fuel depletion we should be substantially reducing the amount of fossil fuel used.
Generating electricity from wind and solar energy instead of burning natural gas is one way to achieve this. I support a considerable expansion of both wind and solar.
These renewables are not the complete answer, gas will still be needed at times of low wind and no sun, but better to burn gas for say 1,000 hours a year rather than continually.
Much of our gas and oil is imported from or via unstable places, and imports are at risk of disruption in the event of political changes in such places.
Scarce foreign currency is also expended on these imports. Better therefore to produce as much of our own energy as possible and to reduce imports as far as possible.
I would have no objection to wind or solar farms near me.
