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Scottish & Southern Energy
and
Climate Change
Below are
extracts of letters between the energy supplier Scottish & Southern Energy,
which
is Southern Electric & Scottish Hydro Electric,
and Peter
Shullot about climate change. The letters in full are at the bottom of the page.
This is one of 65 sets of letters so you can find out what your supermarket,
energy supplier and car manufacturer, and oil companies, airlines, house
builders and other companies really think about climate change. The name
Peter Shullot is made up – it is an anagram of The Polluters.
To
Ian Marchant, Chief Executive –
I’m
concerned about climate change and the best interests of Scottish & Southern
Energy. First it’s clear that climate change is just a green phenomenon – as
significant as what Jade Goody is doing today. And then I read that you are
providing incentives to use less energy. Is that wise? How can you support home
windmills, the phasing out of the standby button and sex with the lights off if
it means reduced use of your product, smaller profits for you and higher prices
for me?
Now if all this is about chasing the green pound, then that’s fair enough. I’ve
done plenty of business in IT as a self-made millionaire that I haven’t liked
until the balance sheet comes in. The drinking, the lap-dancing, the
arrangements of special services for foreign clients.
I see that you want to build a wind farm on Lewis to which the “greens” object.
So the greens like the idea of more wind power, but only if it’s where they want
it. Renewable energy but not in my backyard.
Scottish & Southern Energy replied –
Thank you for your letter of
6 July 2007 to Ian Marchant and your various observations on Scottish and
Southern Energy.
As your letter indicates, the company is addressing a wide range of issues, from
renewable energy to energy efficiency.
Letter to Scottish & Southern Energy
Reply from Scottish & Southern Energy
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