Does Gordon Brown actually care about Renewable Energy?

Householders have all but abandoned their efforts to go green by using renewable technologies such as solar power, because the government's tightening of the rules has made grants almost impossible to obtain.

Since its relaunch in May when the grant money available was drastically reduced to a maximum £2,500 a home from £15,000, and the rules under which money can be claimed were tightened up, many frustrated householders have simply given up on the scheme, Labour MP Lynne Jones says.

The Guardian - 01/10/07

Iraq

As the executives toasted one another with cocktails sponsored by Lukoil at the Iraq Petroleum 2007 conference in Dubai earlier this month, ordinary Iraqis were living in a state of emergency. Oxfam reports that 28 per cent of the country's children are malnourished, that four million people regularly can't buy enough to eat, and that 70 per cent are without adequate water supplies. With 60,000 Iraqis fleeing their homes each month and reports of an average of 62 violent deaths per day, the soft carpets, piped music and quiet deal-making at the Hyatt Regency hotel were a world away from occupied Iraq.


Iraq, with proven reserves of 115 billion barrels represents the biggest untapped oil and gas market on the planet. Iraqi oil production stands at just 2.5 per cent of the world's total even though the country possesses 10 per cent (or potentially double that, according to some estimates) of global reserves. With just 4 per cent of the world's oil in the hands of multinationals and a growing trend for nationalisation in countries from Venezuela to Kazakhstan, Iraq is seen by many international groups as their best chance to turn the tables.

The Independent - 30/09/07

Global Warming, Climate Change and Renewable Energy Sources Ignored

Where does the UK Government focus it's efforts? Sending troops to their deaths to secure a slice of the Oil reserve underneath Iraq and spending countless millions of taxpayers money to do it. In the event of a snap General Election,the Tories would do well to remind the electorate that the Labour Government lied to them over Iraq and got Britain involved in a 21st Century Vietnam.

2% of UK energy from renewable sources, instead of the agreed 20% ! One has to wonder who the "Dick Cheney" of the UK Oil Business/government is? And what inducements the politicians have been offered to ignore the renewable sector?