Black To Basics

How the main electricity suppliers and the government plan a black future by reverting to traditional resources for Britains energy generation to solve the looming energy gap.

Greenwashing advertisements have now become commonplace in which slick campaigns are centered on being green and more importantly, taking responsibility for our carbon footprints. Perhaps it is time that the bigger electricity suppliers and the government took some of their own advice?

Numerous articles in the press have recently pointed the finger at these offenders for their conflicting private and public agenda publically we are all set for a heavy green agenda taking centre stage, from the political platform, right down selecting the most efficient type of lightbulb in your airing cupboard.

Whilst privately four of the big 6, notably E.On, RWE npower, Scottish Power and Scottish and Southern Energy are all planning development of new coal-burning generators, which produce double the amount of carbon emissions than using gas burning technology. This seems an odd investment to make as coal is the original mass polluter, the dirtiest fossil fuel which let global warming out of its...