At Last Some Light At The End Of The Tunnel,

the Thinking About the Affordable report claims that scrapping wind farms would save every Briton almost £550,

a controversial report by KPMG, the accountants and adviser on government energy policy, will this week say that Britain can reach the 2020 target on reducing pollution imposed by the European Union for a third less than predicted, a potential saving of £34 billion,


this summer saw steep price hikes imposed by the “big six” power firms, which drove the average household bill to £1,345, almost double the £740 figure of five years ago,


based on current building costs an 800 megawatt gas-fired power station, capable of producing round-the-clock power for 800,000 homes, will cost about £400m, by contrast, an offshore wind farm with the same capacity that will produce at most a third of the time, due to the wind’s variability, will cost six times that figure, nuclear plants cost a similar amount but do not require the back-up plants that wind farms do, common sense really, as I have always maintained wind farms are costly to install, inefficient, as alternative power sources have to be maintained for the times there is no wind and expensive in the extreme to maintain, but the greenies and tree hugers will still want wind power regardless.