Britain and Wind Turbines

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£120 Green FUEL Tax- “Wind Turbines” When Denmark Proves They Are No Use…NWO Coffers!!
July 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Green fuel bill shock: Families face a charge of up to £120 to fund thousands of wind turbines

The levies – dubbed ‘green stealth taxes’ will help pay for the building of 7,000 wind turbines over the next 11 years
Millions of families face being hit with higher fuel bills to pay for a new ‘green energy revolution’ due to be unveiled by Labour next week.

The levies on the price of gas and electricity - dubbed ‘green stealth taxes’ by critics - will help pay for renewable energy to tackle climate change, including building 7,000 wind turbines over the next 11 years.

A White Paper unveiled by Climate Change minister Ed Miliband next week will outline the Government’s next steps for the expansion of green energy.

But industry experts warn the cost of subsidising renewables will increase household energy bills. At present the renewables element of the typical bill is an average £55 a
year, but this could increase to as much as £120 by 2014.

The respected UK Energy Research Centre has predicted that by 2050 the subsidy will cost the economy at least £17billion a year, the equivalent of an extra £700 a year per household.

The White Paper follows the Government’s pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 34 per cent within 11 years, and by 80 per cent within 40 years. Britain is the only country in the world with legally binding carbon dioxide targets.

The UK also faces tough European targets to ensure that at least 30 to 40 per cent of Britain’s electricity will be generated by wind, solar, wave and tidal power by 2020.

Currently, just three per cent of the UK’s electricity comes from renewable sources.

The Government says the shift away from fossil fuels towards wind, nuclear, tidal, solar and biomass power is essential to prevent dangerous climate change.

Ministers have warned that the country could face deadly heatwaves, rising sea levels and regular floods within 50 years unless urgent action is taken to ‘ decarbonise’.

But the Government’s advisers on climate change say the greenhouse-gas targets could push 1.7million into fuel poverty.

The White Paper is expected to propose ’social tariffs’ to ease the burden of higher energy bills on the poor and the elderly.

Energy companies will be told to subsidise the cost for the poor by adding extra to the bills of better-off customers.

It will also say that climate change targets can be reached only with a massive expansion of offshore wind farms.

The White Paper will introduce incentives for householders to produce their own energy from solar panels, ground source heat pumps and combined heat and power units.

Ministers will also back the introduction of smart meters - gadgets that help consumers monitor and cut power use - in an effort to improve energy efficiency.

Matthew Sinclair of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: ‘The last thing that the Government should be doing right now is pushing up electricity bills even more to line the pockets of renewable energy firms.

‘Wind farms aren’t delivering reliable energy when we need it, and their massive subsidies are paid for by pushing up ordinary people’s bills.

‘It would be a complete betrayal if they were to add to that burden while families are struggling to cope in a recession. Action needs to be taken to reduce the burden of ineffective climate change policies, instead of ploughing blindly on and throwing even more money at the problem.