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THE UK has gone well beyond other countries with its greenhouse gas targets, having committed to a carbon emissions reduction of 34 per cent against 1990 levels by 2020.
In June, the Scottish Parliament voted for a 42 per cent cut, but our post-Kyoto experience shows the world has been long on targets and short on action.
The UK’s task is complicated by the power crunch that will strike in the middle of the next
decade, when a third of existing electricity generation capacity will have become obsolete. New nuclear plants, renewables and carbon capture and storage will not fill that gap in time, leaving us dependent on gas.
If the supply of low-carbon energy is a challenge, we must focus more on demand. Here, smart grids will be crucial, helping us to tap into distributed sources of renewable energy and allowing us to change consumption habits with adjustable tariffs. By redistributing excess power from local generation or electric vehicles, they will also help minimise energy waste.
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