Sunday 18 March 2012

Too much green tape

On one of his forays south of Edinburgh yesterday, Calton spotted yet another former industrial site being redeveloped for housing - the old Curtis papermill at Dalmore, Auchendinny. Granted, there are new industrial developments at the Bush but Calton doubts if they employ as many people as the mining and mills used to employ in years gone by. Penicuik has become yet another Edinburgh commuter town. The Scotsman on Saturday had an excellent article on the need for us to do something about our manufacturing industry. Scrapping some of the red tape imposed on us by the EU would be a good start. It is EU legislation that is shutting down Cockenzie coal-fired powerstation, in spite of the fact that it is one of the cheapest ways of generating power that we have right now. It's all very well being green when you're in the black. We're in the red and the emissions from Cockenzie are a drop in the ocean compared to all China's coal-fired stations. Time to stop this nonsense and look after our own interests for once.

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