I think it was either Sweden or Finland (or both!) who have made it a policy to get off hydrocarbon fuels completely within the next 40 years? They've got a big research prgramme going on into renewables. We should join in, share the costs, perhaps concentrate on wind, wave and biomass (being a fertile country) while they look into geothermal, hydro etc.

Isn't this exactly the kind of thing would also secure the futures of our farmers? I know I've heard something about the sugar beet industry going belly-up. If our farmers were growing biomass for energy production (both domestic and export) they'd be in a much better position long-term than having to rely on EU handouts anyway.

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