IN YOUR columns last week there was an article eulogising on the wind turbines that had produced 41 per cent of the electricity fed into the National Grid over Christmas.

In an attempt to put some perspective on this figure I decided to check what wind power was achieving that day.

I logged on to the National Grid website at midday on January 12 and the following figures were revealed: gas 46 per cent, coal 18 per cent, nuclear 15 per cent, wind nine per cent.

The remainder was made up by a few minor suppliers.

I checked again a few days later, again at midday, and the figure this time for wind power was a staggeringly low 2.3 per cent.

In order to achieve these figure, more than 7,000 wind turbines have been erected, defacing our countryside and coastline.

At the same time we are actively decommissioning perfectly efficient coal fired power stations all in the name of saving the planet by reducing CO2 emissions.

The fact that these emissions may or may not have affected world temperatures is still unknown and there is an increasing belief among independent climate scientists that natural climate temperature cycles, clouds and solar radiation have more influence on the climate than any CO2 emissions.

In fact, recent figures published reveal that world temperatures have fallen between 0.5-1 degrees celsius this year, mainly due to the El Nino effect.

Get fracking.

GE BRAZIER
Cirencester