Energy options
Scotland’s shale oil industry was killed by a UK government, which imposed a higher tax on the petrol it produced than on petrol from other sources, yet another “Union dividend” which underlines the need for us to manage our own resources.
David Stevenson
Blacket Place
Trevor Rigg (Letters, 14 December) dismisses fracking without offering a reasonable alternative that would cut energy prices and provide reliable baseload electricity to keep Scotland’s lights on.
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Hide AdOffshore wind farms can only provide intermittent supply and as one of the most expensive forms of energy will lead to increased fuel poverty.
As for river estuary tidal turbines, we would be required to destroy the marine environment for hundreds of miles to replace just one power station and even then at high and low tide they would switch off entirely.
Alan Black
Camus Avenue
Edinburgh