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Our area is under siege from energy companies wanting to put up wind turbines to help counter (they say) global warming. I’ve done some research and discovered that many experts now believe that wind ‘farms’, as they are euphemistically called, will actually increase global CO2 emissions. The energy companies gloss over the conventional power stations which must be built to support the erratic delivery of wind; not to mention the CO2 produced in the construction of these 410ft-high industrial monsters, the thousands of tons of concrete required, and so on. 

The truth is that the energy companies don’t give a toss about the environment; they are interested only in the fat profits to be gained from government subsidies at taxpayers’ expense. Gesture politics of the worst kind.

So when the promotional video of the latest premium, high-performance hybrid car showed images of wind turbines to illustrate its green credentials, I was annoyed. I asked whether the engineers had calculated the environmental impact of producing such highly complex hybrid engines before claiming a victory for ecology, and they said ‘yes’. But details were not forthcoming. 

I think I’d prefer to see an unapologetic V12 petrol-powered supercar than a blatantly hypocritical attempt to appear ‘green’ while still puffing out 219g/km of CO2.