one of my problems with the Green Party is something that is becoming more and more apparent locally
they don't want nuclear fuel, in itself a fairly standard view
they also don't want fracking, well, again that's quite a popular view
we have to move away from coal and oil, ok, yep no shock news there
but locally they've also opposed a local power station big enough to run the town, which would burn waste - nope, opposed to that
there was a planning application for a power station burning wood chip waste from forestry - nope, opposed that
there is a plan to build a barrage to harness wave and tidal power - nope, that will have an adverse affect on wading birds
is the plan to be anti everything and mop up every nimby grouping without them noticing they will, by default, be using far more tallow candles in 10 years time?
I know buttercups and wading birds are really nice to look at, but I'm just not sure we can run an economy on individual garden mounted wind turbines.
Happy to be put right on the energy side of things by those that know, here to learn.