I suppose that once you have accepted that someone needs to have a wind turbine near their house, then it is a small leap to suggest that everyone needs to have one:
All UK homes could be powered by offshore wind farms by 2020 as part of the fight against climate change, under plans unveiled by John Hutton. Up to 7,000 turbines could be installed to boost wind produced energy 60-fold by 2020. The business secretary admitted it would change Britain's coastline, and mean higher electricity bills. Senior Tory Alan Duncan backed the plans, adding: "We're an island nation. There's a lot of wind around."The upsides: making 7,000 turbines makes a lot of work, electric cars are in the near future, electric jetpack technology is around the corner. Interesting to see that UK Tories are in line. Steve won't like that.
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David Janes - December 11, 2007 9:47 am
Anyone want to take a long bet on this one?
Steve who?
Alan - December 11, 2007 11:04 am
Hey - I thought only Joe Clark got that treatment. PM Stevie, of course. As the world of conservatism falls around him, I can only feel for his apin at moments like this.
David Janes - December 11, 2007 11:25 am
Well ... ok. But I don't understand the segue between wind power and the CPC. Was there some large wind project canceled when the the CPC got power? Is the Federal government responsible for creating power now? Has the CPC staked it's reputation on killing off wind power?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Alan - December 11, 2007 11:59 am
Take my hand: you are aware that the CPC is one of fewer and fewer parties in power somewhere who do not like global warming science and you will also see in the link that the basis for this wind power proposal is a reaction to acceptance of global warming science, even by another conservative party.
Is it possible to say that Harperians are green but just not in application. Perhaps you have a shoehorn that makes that fit. It must be a very oddly shaped shoehorn.