Energy blow

Published on 26/02/2013 00:00

Struan Stevenson MEP has launched his book, The Myth of Green Energy, and said: “In every country where wind turbines have been installed they have failed to demonstrate economic feasibility; they have failed to demonstrate viability as a solution to global warming; they have failed to achieve significant CO² reduction and have failed to provide efficient electricity production or protection of the 
environment.”

A prime example is Germany, which has long been held up by the green zealots as a shining
example of the renewables 
revolution.

Germany built 22,200 wind turbines; built solar panels; closed down its nuclear power plants and outlawed shale gas extraction. The result was the second most expensive electricity in Europe.

The most expensive is Denmark , which has 6, 200 turbines.

Now Germany is building 23 new coal-fired power plants. and Germany’s coalition wants to end the moratorium on shale gas stating: “We cannot afford an ideological ban.”

Germany’s environment minister said: “Wind electricity from our 22,200 turbines is 
unaffordable and unreliable.”

Germany has not reduced CO² levels at all because it had to build additional coal-burning plants to support unreliable wind power.

Our scientifically illiterate politicians refuse to listen and keep building these useless expensive wind turbines to 
satisfy their egos.

Clark Cross

Springfield Road

Linlithgow