Professor John Robertson OBA
In BBC Scotland TV reports this morning and on their website, the above headline and a report based on an interview with Scottish Power Energy Networks‘ chief executive Nicola Connelly.
Her thinking is entirely, but I think unconsciously, based on the unquestionable nature of the Union. It’s by no means propagandistic as she makes no case for the Union, just takes it for granted and so, for the discriminating reader, like you, it offers a shocking insight into just how exploitative and pointless that union is for Scotland.
First:
A £34bn investment in Scotland’s electricity network is crucial for clean energy targets despite the increased cost on bills, a transmission operator says. Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN) says the plan will add an extra £12 per year to the average bill but will pay back in the longer term.
She takes for granted that Scots will pay for it because it’s in Scotland, but what’s it for?
She does not hesitate to tell us:
An extra 310 miles (500km) of lines is needed over the next five years in central and southern Scotland to support an expansion in artificial intelligence (AI) and demand for heat pumps and electric vehicles. A growth in renewables generation will also need to be shifted to large population centres in England and elsewhere. Almost 30 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind is expected to be built in the seas around Scotland which is ten times more than the 3 GW currently demanded at peak times.
So, let me be clear Nicola, we’ve to pay more for infrastructure to ‘shift’ it to England because you’ll have built far more generation capacity than we need?
It gets worse:
While demand is expected to double by 2050, that still leaves huge amounts of excess electricity which will need to be transported. Cables which export that electricity south of the border will need to increase from a current capacity of 6.6 GW to 40 GW by 2040.
The mind boggles.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
And still there’s a hardcore of Scots who think, like she does, that this is perfectly acceptable.
I despair. I REALLY despair!
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There will also be a charge on our bills to pay for England’s Nuke generators. You could NOT make this up!
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Ah, the union dividend at its best!
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The rage I feel when it comes to Scotland being robbed and it continues. SNP come on shout out about this whenever interviewed, even if it’s not the subject!
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