On 6/17/2017 8:32 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Graeme
wrote:

In message , Mike Tomlinson
writes

This is the result of a lack of joined-up thinking in govt energy
policy, is it not?

Absolutely. It does seem odd that the decision on powering a power
station is based on grants and the like, rather than the most suitable
fuel for the job.

This is why subsidies are generally a bad idea. They distort activity
away from the optimum.

*Always* a bad idea. (I don't count building prototypes or pathfinders
as a true "subsidy").

I'm trying to think when we last had joined up thinking in Government
Energy policy. Perhaps in the 1950's?