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It puts the UKs disappointing approach in perspective. The current government promised to be the greenest ever, but has cut renewable subsidies and is about to
by stuaxo 11y ago
It puts the UKs disappointing approach in perspective. The current government promised to be the greenest ever, but has cut renewable subsidies and is about to override local democracy by pushing through with fraking in Lankeshire.
- ygra 11y agoSubsidies are only needed to push a technology to market where it wouldn't be economically feasible in the beginning. At least in Germany the current state is that renewable energy is on par or cheaper than coal and nuclear, even without subsidies. In such cases it makes sense to cut the subsidies. Don't know whether that's the case in the UK already, though.