The Guardian's George Monbiot has written a very scathing piece in the Guardian about the solar panel feed-in tariffs for the EU.

As he points out, this method of generating electricity is grossly inefficient.

In terms of carbon emissions, we are talking £430 to save one tonne of CO₂ vs £8 per tonne for a nuclear power station

Insulation and double glazing, by comparison, cost virtually nothing.

I have been saying this for years. I am really glad to see George Monbiot reporting this now. Common sense may finally be returning to humanity in this crazy climate debate. I hope