It doesn't, it leaves us importing more while sacrificing investment, jobs, tax revenues and the industrial capabilities of the north-east on the altar of ill-informed, dogmatic virtue signalling.
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Offshore wind has a role to play in Scotland’s energy system, but the SNP cannot put all their eggs in this basket and then not deliver the investment required.
This announcement is deeply concerning and highlights NHS Grampian is at absolute breaking point.
You have to reduce the demand before you can realistically start talking about where you're sourcing it from.
Failure to support the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields will only leave us more reliant on costly imports and mean thousands of workers in the North East miss out on new job opportunities.
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