UK Has Made More Cuts To Green Funding

Last July the British government announced cuts green energy funding (See here). This, you may remember, from a government who boasted they'd be the greenest ever.

Now I hear they've slashed funding to the Energy Saving Trust (EST) by half. The EST was set up to advise individuals, businesses, and communities on how to save energy and cut carbon emissions. Their website has a wealth of information, they have a free helpline, and they organise free tutorials for people wanting to set up 'green communities' (e.g. villages, streets, neighbours who want to pool their resources to set up micro-generation schemes etc.).

I know the government feel the need to cut costs 'for the good of the country' but this strikes me as a false economy: If businesses can find energy efficiencies, and many companies are finding substantial efficiencies, they increase profits. One way or another, those profits end up boosting taxes. The same argument can be made for all those companies getting extra work as a result of the EST's advise (e.g. The boiler, heat pump, and solar panel fitters).

No, I think the government have got it wrong, again.