Wind power in the news in Great Britain
Not good news actually -- from the
London Daily Mail:
The dirty secret of Britain's power madness: Polluting diesel generators built in secret by foreign companies to kick in when there's no wind for turbines - and other insane but true eco-scandals
Thousands of dirty diesel generators are being secretly prepared all over Britain to provide emergency back-up to prevent the National Grid collapsing when wind power fails.
And under the hugely costly scheme, the National Grid is set to pay up to 12 times the normal wholesale market rate for the electricity they generate.
One of the main beneficiaries of the stopgap plan is the Government itself, which stands to make hundreds of millions of pounds by leasing out the capacity of the generators in public-sector property including NHS hospitals, prisons, military bases, police and fire headquarters, schools and council offices.
But the losers will be consumers who can expect yet further hikes in their electricity bills in the name of �combating climate change�.
It is not about climate change -- it is about money.
The politicians get contributions from companies who want to bid on these monstrous projects. Give the politician enough money and the next 2,000 page bill will contain a line or two about MegaCorp being the preferred supplier for the Gargantuan park Wind Development and that is how it is done.
MegaCorp then sells overpriced crap to the government, gets amazing tax breaks, extends the contract for several years and budget overruns at the cost of a few hundred thousand dollars into the pockets of a few Senators. The only losers are We the People whose tax dollars go to fund unwanted crap like this.
A lot more at the site and some fun bits in the 160+ comments...
Posted by DaveH at July 15, 2013 9:50 PM