Power play

The Scottish Government has said that it will ban the sale of diesel and petrol vehicles after 2032. This was a deliberate and spiteful attack on Westminster, which had chosen 2040 as the date for the UK.

The two Scottish nuclear power plants at Hunterson and Torness are due to go offline in 2023 and 2030 respectively. Their lifetime has already been extended twice.

Where will Scotland get the extra electricity required for electric vehicles and also for cooking and heating when gas is banned? All gas-fired power plants must close by the mid2030s unless they strip CO2 from emissions – mission impossible.

Electric vehicles in the UK would need an additional six nuclear power plants or 16,000 additional wind turbines. This would cost taxpayers megabillions.

The SNP and Greens hate nuclear and fossil fuels, so where will the electricity come from when the wind does not blow? It’s time to tear up the legally binding Climate Change Acts which are unique to the UK since 194 other countries only made promises.

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