By GB News (World News) | Created at 2024-10-30 10:16:47 | Updated at 2024-10-30 17:25:47
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The leader of Lincolnshire County Council has warned that Ed Miliband plans to approve the construction of 240 pylons across the countryside, despite local opposition.
Speaking on GB News, Conservative councillor Martin Hill expressed his concerns about the impact on rural areas, particularly in Lincolnshire.
"[Ed Miliband] certainly seems to have got it in for not only Lincolnshire, but many rural areas of this country," Hill stated.
He criticised Miliband's pursuit of net-zero targets by 2030, claiming that "common sense and the facts and the feelings of rural people, especially around Alford and the whole of rural Lincolnshire, are just being trampled on to this political ambition."
Martin Hill has hit out at Ed Miliband amid plans to erect nearly 250 pylons in Lincolnshire
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Hill detailed the scale of the proposed infrastructure, fuming: "What's been planned is there are going to be 240 140ft high pylons going from Grimsby all the way down to The Wash."
He added that "massive substations" would surround the small town of Alford.
The councillor pointed out that wind turbines in Scotland currently deliver power to England via seabed cables.
He challenged National Grid to provide costings, stating: "We don't believe it's more expensive to put cables on the seabed, as opposed to putting up 240 massive pylons."
Hill also raised concerns about the reliability of renewable energy sources: "When you look at this, relying on intermittent energy like wind turbines and indeed, solar, the big question is, what do you do when the wind's not blowing and the sun's not shining?"
Hill predicted dire consequences under Miliband's plans. "Under Ed Miliband plans what's going to happen is we're going to be importing power from elsewhere in Europe and elsewhere, and hoping they'll continue to supply us," he warned.
Hill told GB News that Miliband's 'fanaticism' is 'sacrificing' Lincolnshire
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The councillor forecasted a grim future: "I predict the way he's going we'll be having not only all these turbines everywhere but we'll be having power cuts in the future."
He argued that the plans would increase, rather than decrease, reliance on foreign energy sources.
Hill criticised Miliband's recent decisions, stating: "He recently has waved through, with hardly a glance straight after the general election, thousands of acres of solar farms in some very attractive parts of Lincolnshire."
The council leader concluded by describing Miliband's approach as "crazy" and accused him of sacrificing rural areas "on the altar of his political fanaticism."
