Solar power is cheap, clean, and ready to scale — so why is Scotland still whispering about it? George Baxter shares why it’s time to speak up and embrace the energy revolution.

A Minister once took me aside at an event and whispered in my ear, “you know George, I quite like wind turbines and solar farms,” to which I whispered back, “why are you whispering it, Minister? Why not say it out loud?” It was a funny moment, as it dawned that they couldn’t think of a single reason why not.

Amid the current hailstorm of guff that says renewables and action on climate change are bad, and climate-wrecking fossil fuel dependency is somehow ‘good’ – it is time that the overwhelming majority of people who support renewable energy and energy responsibility also turned that whisper into a shout from the rooftops.

I can say that with confidence as the benefits of renewables are backed with bona fide factual evidence. Renewables are cheap, it is the price of gas and an arcane retail trading system that drives up bills. When renewable energy dominates, prices tumble. In the opposing corner lies the rotting pile of misinformation and conspiracy fantasies that fossil fuel advocates benefit from. And when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent gas prices stratospheric, we all felt the reality shock.

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