United Kingdom: The £200bn gamble on our energy future

Guardian: There is a simple way to think about the complex energy policy decisions made today: it is a £200bn bet on the UK's energy future. What's more, the money on the table belongs to you. Win or lose, every electricity and gas customer will pick up the tab for this wager for decades to come. In such a high-rolling game, you would have hoped for cool heads. Instead, "unholy war" was waged behind the Westminster scenes, a senior participant told me. Worse, the boiling row within the coalition was driven...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/nov/23/energy-bill-wind-power-davey-osborne
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