{"id":271409,"date":"2023-08-04T14:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271409"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:12:18","slug":"ross-clark-this-polluting-green-sham-has-been-mocking-taxpayers-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271409","title":{"rendered":"ROSS CLARK: This polluting green sham has been mocking taxpayers for\u00a0years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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aerial photograph of Drax power station Yorkshire. Opened in 1973, Drax is fueled with both biomass and coal-fired which together can generate 3,906 megawatts (MW) making it the most powerful power station in the United Kingdom, generating 6% of the United Kingdom’s electricity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Dave Ward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on the environmental obscenity called Drax from Ross Clark:<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are we really surprised that the operators of Drax power station deprived taxpayers of \u00a3639million last year by \u2013 legally \u2013 gaming the subsidy system?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, the North Yorkshire power station has been draining our pockets, while we have been led to believe that its woodchip-fired boilers \u2013 which burn wood harvested mostly from North American forests \u2013 are providing us with a clean, carbon-free source of energy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2016, we have collectively bankrolled Drax with \u00a31.4billion of subsidies, but what have we got to show for the money?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certainly not clean air \u2013Drax continues to spew out sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and soot just as it did in its days as Britain\u2019s biggest coal-fired station, something belied by the photographs on its website of crystal-clear skies, cutesy graphics on \u2018sustainable bioenergy\u2019 and talk of our \u2018renewable future\u2019. Neither has Drax given us carbon-free electricity \u2013 unless you turn a blind eye to a colossal bureaucratic sleight of hand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full post\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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