Greenpeace's John Sauven on Newsnight with Malcolm Wicks

Malcom Wicks tries to defend the governments woeful performance on renewable energy folowing Gordon Brown's speach on climate change and renewables

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[gajeebant]

Malcolm Wicks is a top bloke.

[motherlodeuk]

...like the London Array, which alone will generate up to 1GW and power a quarter of all the homes in London.

All of which would not only drastically cut our CO2 emissions but would deal with the 'energy security' issues (ie the dangers of being dependent on imported coal, gas, and uranium) which seem to alarm our politician so much, and involve massive job creation. It's a win, win, win situation (except for the oil and nucleat companies) - just meed the political will.

[motherlodeuk]

How about decentralized energy - Combined Heat and Power (capable of producing up to 16GW from only 9 industrial sites - read the latest Poyry Energy Consultants report), wave, tidal, solar, micro-power and of course the huge energy savings from phasing out obsolete, cenralised power staions which only operate at 35% efficency (compared with 85%+ using CHP).

And when the wind does blow (which it pretty much does all the time out at sea) we've got the huge potential of offshore wind farms...

[TroyaE117]

And when the wind drops, what will you do then?

A big high pressure system lies over the UK in the dead of winter, the temperature falls to -5 degC, and the wind drops.

What then?

[callmewilson]

The climate policy is total crap from brown and labour, they don't do a thing to help fight climate change from our country, expanded heathrow no consideration for the envrionment, they stop you running your car on biofuel fuel (for diesels), waste energy I'm seeing street lights burning day after day no turning off at dawn due to test mode setting not auto or faulty un-maintained lamp-posts. I don't think flying should be an easily affordable travel (cheap european flights).

[societas1]

This clip clearly shows Gordon Brown's government, as was Blair's are all talk, no action and frankly just can't get it together. One excuse after another eminates from their offices and the bottom line is they can't cut the mustard on climate change or any other issue and are not fit for purpose.

[JonThm]

Nuclear fusion cuts CO2 by 100%, and your kettle does it as it boils!

[willrise]

'We will not be able to give people the power they need from energy efficiency and a few more wind mills'.

Malcolm Wicks - you're a narrow minded, doddery, brown nosing, buffoon stuck in the 70s.

You failed to mention, Decentralized Energy - CHP, Micro Power, Solar, Wave, Tidal not to mention the enormous potential of offshore DC wind-farms. These are all implementable right now!