In a policy area that has suffered years of uncertainty, it was obvious what any further tinkering with the targets would do: last time the renewable energy target was reviewed, investment in renewable energy plummeted by 70% in a year.
Then, in the aftermath of Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the collapse of AIG, the stock crash and the bailouts, the cost of energy plummeted.
With the cost of clean energy plummeting, we should be encouraging pro-renewable energy policies, not subsidizing expensive nuclear power to benefit Exelon at the expense of ratepayers.
And while on some days I'm alert from start to finish, on others there comes a moment when I can feel my mind begin to drift and my energy plummet.
My payments went up every three months — in one case by 70% even though it was the time of year when energy use plummets.
Analysis of new Treasury data also shows investment in clean energy has plummeted this year and is now exceeded by fossil fuels, while road and airport building is soaring.
The survey found 66% of Arab youth were increasingly concerned about falling oil prices, though 78% still believed they were entitled to subsidised energy – despite plummeting revenues.
Last December, it was revealed that George Osborne had sparked the biggest boom in UK fossil fuel investment since the North Sea industry was founded in the 1970s, with taxpayers funding seismic exploration for companies, while investment in clean energy had plummeted.
He found that after a brief spike, energy usage plummeted during the competition but rose as soon as it was over, rising to a level almost as high as before the start of the competition (after controlling for variations in outside temperature).
But the cost per kilowatt of solar and wind energy has plummeted since the last time a Republican sat in the White House — making them at times more viable energy options in the developing world, especially for rural communities unconnected to the power grid.
