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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2024/10/14/the-flaw-at-the-heart-of-ed-milibands-net-zero-plan/
Residents in East Anglia have urged the National Grid to put the required cabling underground or along the sea bed to protect the landscape. They have been told this is too expensive and would add to energy bills. Yet a study published by a former subsidiary of the National Grid into the East Anglia project says that if the date was pushed back to 2034 then an underground cabling system would be £600 million cheaper.
The deadline to decarbonise the grid was brought forward by Mr Miliband to a point that many experts believe is unachievable. A few years will make no discernible difference to global carbon emissions yet will have a major impact on the English countryside.
His latest plan is for a string of giant dams across Britain’s mountain landscapes. They will store back-up hydro-electric power when wind and solar farms cannot meet electricity demand instead of using gas. By definition such schemes will be built in remote and wild areas, altering the landscape for the worse. In pursuit of net zero, Mr Miliband appears ready to wreck the environment.
https://archive.is/I0M1Z
Residents in East Anglia have urged the National Grid to put the required cabling underground or along the sea bed to protect the landscape. They have been told this is too expensive and would add to energy bills. Yet a study published by a former subsidiary of the National Grid into the East Anglia project says that if the date was pushed back to 2034 then an underground cabling system would be £600 million cheaper.
The deadline to decarbonise the grid was brought forward by Mr Miliband to a point that many experts believe is unachievable. A few years will make no discernible difference to global carbon emissions yet will have a major impact on the English countryside.
His latest plan is for a string of giant dams across Britain’s mountain landscapes. They will store back-up hydro-electric power when wind and solar farms cannot meet electricity demand instead of using gas. By definition such schemes will be built in remote and wild areas, altering the landscape for the worse. In pursuit of net zero, Mr Miliband appears ready to wreck the environment.
https://archive.is/I0M1Z