New study shows public wants renewables—but the government is not listening

By Pip Roddis, The Conversation

Roddis et al, Author provided

Solar is the UK’s most popular source of energy.

Subsidies for onshore wind power were cut by the UK government in 2015. Then the main reasons given were that it was too expensive and that the public didn't support it. Amber Rudd MP, then head of what was the Department of Energy and Climate Change, said in a statement to parliament: "We are reaching the limits of what is affordable and what the public is prepared to accept."

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