Though Ed Miliband was jumping and dancing about wind power becoming “Britain’s biggest source of electricity”, it was surely a terrible week for him and his plans. On Monday, the Daily Mail reported that wind power had “overtaken gas” in this strange metric of Net Zero’s progress. “This is a huge moment in our journey away from energy insecurity and towards clean homegrown power,” said Miliband. It was a huge moment indeed. But not in the way he was anticipating.
First, the news coincided with the country being plunged into a cold snap, with temperatures reaching as low as minus-14°C in some parts of England. So much for global warming; snow and frost covered most of Britain for days.
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