Energy Debate - Dundee
Over two hundred people attended the Big Energy Debate in Dundee last night. Organised by Solar Cities and sponsored by BT, the panel of politicians answered questions on a range of energy related issues.
As usual, we have broken the debate down into managable sections that you can listen and view directly on this page. You can also view videos on the Scottish VotePod Channel on You Tube, subscribe to the audio podcasts on iTunes or directly download the audio files. Our audio clips allow you to listen to the discussion in detail, while the videos will feature shorter highlight clips.
The panel also included one non politician.
LABOUR: Brian Wilson
SNP: Rob Gibson
TORY: Alex Johnstone
LIB DEM: Alex Cole Hamilton
GREEN: Shona Baird
SSP: Felicity Garvie
SOLIDARITY: Jim MacFarlane
Davie Black - Wildlands Officer, Ramblers Association Scotland
AUDIO
Section 1: The evening started with a question from the floor about the future of nuclear power.
Download the file here.
Section 2: The potential for offshore wind farms and the contentious issue of onshore wind farms and their impact on Scotland's landscape provoked much debate.
Download the file here
Section 3: Having debated different types of generation the discussion moves on to consider how to use energy more efficiently.
Download the file here.
Section 4: The contentious issue of tolls on the Tay and Forth Bridges prompted this question.
Download the file here
Section 5: As the debate draws to a close, the panel are given the choice to answer a question on either the climate change swindle or whether cheap flights are damaging the environment.
Download the file here
VIDEO
This clip features Fekicity Garvie speaking about wind turbines
This clip discusses whether there should be more onshore wind farms.
Videos produced by students from abertay University.
If the energy supply to your home comes from one place and when you switch suppliers your supply does not change. What is stopping individuals from setting themselves up as an energy supplier and billing themselves.
This way you would only pay the real costs.
I know this sounds simplistic but I am sure it makes sense on some level.
Posted by: Gabriel Ritchie | August 23, 2008 at 12:09 PM