The government’s failure to increase our offshore windfarms last month seemed a matter of incompetence. Now that the government is supporting the Rosebank oilfield with a £4 billion tax break, it seems more like a conspiracy.
The future of our children depends on reducing our use of fossil fuels. But that is where the government puts its money, even though renewables will clearly be a more rational investment. What hold has Big Oil over our government?
John Bond
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