I am with you on the nuclear nonsense and on the cost issue...
I am not sure about the trading-scheme.. as y ou say they can be thinking on term of doing-nothing.. but they also could be thinking in terms of how much money is the lOndon city to get... and there... may be wind is a problem... though I am not sure because we are talking about 20% of energy... but still they may thing that it is a long term threat that they'd better cut now...
Either this.. or they are plainly stupid kids with no neurons in their brains..
A plesaure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
Then again... 20% renewables by 2020 doesn't mean that the total amount of non-renewable energy will decrease. it just won't increase as much as it otherwise could. We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo