If you were in charge would you introduce any laws re. renewables?

[allegrif]

If I were the PM, and had the backing of the House, I'd do the following:

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[li]Make it more expensive to burn fossil fuels in existing plants[/li]
[li]Make it mandatory for all new structures over 3 stories to have green or solar roofing[/li]
[li]Make it mandatory for all new structures (including homes) to have in-built rainwater collection facilities for toilet and, if applicable, garden use[/li]
[li]Ban fracking[/li]
[li]Ban the construction of new coal power plants[/li]
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What would you do?

[JamesH]

Ban fracking first and foremost. I'd invest a lot of subsidies in development of infrastructure, especially electric recharging stations and pumped storage stations to make renewables more reliable.

I'd even aim at becoming a power exporting nation, that way other countries that don't care can buy your energy, and they reduce their impact by proxy.

[allegrif]

Wouldn't it be great if we could export renewable energy? That has to be our aim. If we could find the investment money I think our infrastructure would pay for itself over the years.