In the face of the increasingly dire warnings of climate scientists, it seems like an absolute no-brainer to insist that all new homes should be built with solar panels on the roof as standard (not least because it costs four times as much to retrofit them). But no, not for the Tories, whose (in)actions - as ever - pander to their most prominent donors. We can't possibly risk upsetting those nice housing developers, now, can we?
The grim reality is that, as with under-threat music venues and the music industry as a whole, the best (and perhaps only) way of garnering the Tories' attention is to speak their language and reiterate the specifically financial case for significantly ramping up renewable energy schemes: "creating long-term jobs [and] boosting our ailing economy", in the words of Friends Of The Earth's Tony Bosworth. The alternative is an even grimmer reality in which we fry/drown/starve because those with the power to put the brakes on continue to refuse to act.
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