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"Mr President, it is claimed that the Intelligent Energy for Europe programme is indispensable. However, any mention of intelligent energy and request for renewable energy is likely to be met with derision rather than serious debate by the man in the street. For the man and woman in the street in my neck of the woods, this energy policy manifests itself in the growing scourge of wind farms – which are progressively blighting our treasured countryside – whose economic value far outstrips the notional value of this supposedly cost-free source. In fact, wind power is so costly that without substantial subsidy from taxpayers and energy users, its use would be prohibitively expensive. Since we are dealing with an intermittent energy source – as wind flow is far from constant – equivalent conventional generation must be supplied as back-up, which itself consumes as much energy as wind power is supposed to save.
Bearing in mind that it is EU money and woolly thinking that sustains this programme – the two being largely inseparable – it is my view that the energy policy we are considering today is far from intelligent. As usual in EU nomenclature, the title conveys the opposite of reality. As always, I can only register my disapproval. However, I do so in the knowledge that my electorate, at least, is more intelligent than the policies produced in its name."@en1
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