There has been a lot of nonsense talked about climate change and the cost of combating it in the UK press. This is all about lining up the public’s attitude, so that their respective favored candidates can become the leader of the ruling Conservative party. Everyone forgets that the UK has dropped its carbon emissions by 40% and that this has cost a relatively small amount. Subsidizing solar and wind ten and twenty years ago, was making up for a huge distance in price between those and coal. Today it is more about guiding the energy industry towards renewables with minor incentives and parity based dealing – where as long as renewables can live with the prices set by fossil…