Originally Posted by
NWSRG
A lack of self-sufficiency in energy is something of an incredible lack of foresight from our political masters.
But coal produces icky CO2.
Or something.
Expecting foresight from politicians who don't know if they'll still be around in five years is brave, to say the least. They do whatever is most likely to win the next election, regardless of whether it makes the country worse off in the long term.
Problem is, they've been doing it at least since the end of WWII, so today
is the long term.