Wind and renewables are about trying harder

In response to the letter by Patrick L O’Brien (Jul 29), I’ve had a few ideas.

About subsidies, we maybe agree. The guaranteed rate of payment for the supply of wind energy to the grid is a kind of regressive tax, ie we all pay, including the poorest, and the money is transferred to those who can afford to own a wind farm.

The hope is that such incentives will, in the long run, encourage the deployment of renewable energy. The aim is to provide a clean and secure energy supply and to minimise uncertain climate change — it seems obviously good to me. This is happening. At the same time, such subsidies ought to be cut after a time. Wind technology must be built to compete without additional subsidy.