Just a few hours ago Gordon Brown made his announcement about the government’s long awaited renewable energy strategy. It contains some positive news - support for feed in tarriffs, for example, (although Greens also want them applied to large scale facilities) and for home insulation (although this could be made available to everyone for free if we imposed a windfall tax on the oil companies). However, it’s all a bit of anti-climax because, when you look beyond the targets and promises, the only thing that’s actually happening is yet another government consultation. So it will be at least 9 months before we see any action! What exactly are they waiting for - the lights to go off ?
