Quote Originally Posted by Hazlitt View Post
+1.

If wind/tidal/solar energy was viable economically then there would be no need for taxpayers money and legislation to enable it to compete on the open energy markets.

This ridiculous green/left-wing desire for the centralisation of "energy-planning" will not help our economy, but divert scarce capital and labour away from the more productive sectors in our economy and do more harm than good. People don't seem to consider the unintended consequences of their policy decisions.

The idea that something has to return a profit the day after the business opens is a sign that the economic system is defunct. The Victorians built canals and railways that didn't return a profit for twenty or thirty years.

For wind to enter the market at realistic scale the grid has to be upgraded first. Our politicians lack the vision and foresight to deal with that.