By Stop These Things
While Europe, the UK, US and Australia are busily destroying their energy supplies, China and India are building coal-fired and nuclear power plants, hand over first – providing reliable and cheap power to industry, businesses and households is central to their economic development.
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There was nothing sustainable about subsidised wind and solar. The sudden and catastrophic collapse in the value of wind turbine and solar panel manufacturers; the raft of grand offshore wind projects which have been scrapped; and the improved electoral fortunes of political parties ready to call the scam for what it is, look entirely inevitable.
Start at the beginning: without massive subsidies there would be no wind or solar industries. Full stop.
In the article below, David Blackmon draws a stark contrast between the delusional ideology that has driven energy policy in the wealthy West and the perfectly practical approach adopted by China and India.