Just as taxation is the price we must pay for a civilised society, so this elegant engineering structure is the price we must pay for keeping the lights on.  That is, for as long as the idiotic, ill-informed Tory NIMBYs who can afford to live in the few remaining pretty bits of England object to anything resembling a sensible energy policy in their selfish interests to preserve their views of England's green and pleasant land.  I am all for democracy for, as Winston Churchill once remarked, it is the worst system of government ever invented...apart from all the others.  So in the interests of providing democratic choice, my proposal is a national referendum on energy policy:

Question 1:  Do you want an electricity supply to your home.  Answer YES or NO.  If your answer is NO, skip the next question.  We will send someone round in a little red van to disconnect your supply tomorrow.  Make sure you empty your freezer and find some alternative way of watching TV in the dark and charging your iPhone.

Question 2:  Do you want a wind farm to provide you with a clean renewable energy source, are prepared to pay what it costs and allow someone to build it in a sensible location, like where there is wind?  Answer YES or NO.  If your answer is NO, then we will start building one of these right next door to your pristine Oxfordshire country estate.

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