'We must retain the remaining coal fired power station we have for emergencies' - Your Letters: June 17
PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: The joy of a cooling ice cream on a hot day. Darren Willetts keeps cool with a treat or three during the heatwave. He is pictured enjoying his treats while the older generation play bowls at Victoria Park, Stafford, during the heatwave of July 1983.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTRICKERY
The Government want to spend £14.2billion on a new engineering project to supply our electrickery needs in '10 years time'. Seeing the progress made at Hinckley Point that number may be on the low side. Could 20 years be nearer? And cost? By finish that figure could be doubled or trebled!
I'm in favour of us being self sufficient in our energy needs, but, please don't use the fairy tales of solar and wind power meeting our needs. See recent events on the Iberian Peninsula for proof. Their equivalent of Bacon Sandwich Millibean pushed 'renewables' on them. The widespread power cuts were the result there. And we must retain the remaining coal fired power station we have for emergencies - and recover the Drax 'thing' back to coal - or oil or gas powered - which is a lot cleaner than burning wood chips. All of which are cleaner than burning wood.
