I thought for a moment I was reading the thoughts of Barry Cryer on windfarms, but it actually turned out to be Barry Gardiner, MP for Brent and fervent adherent to the green cause:
Great explanation by Gordon McDougal on Today Prog about how low cost clean onshore wind's flexibility adds real value to the grid.
I'm thinking that onshore wind's "flexibility" must rank alongside the Pope's Calvinism and the tendency of bears to seek out hygienic toilet facilities as one of the more hilarious propositions to have attracted my attention in recent years.
This was all prompted by the announcement that onshore windfarms are going to fall outside the Renewables Obligation from the start of next year. Subsidy junkies and their parliamentary servants are understandably miffed and, if Barry Gardiner's comments are any indication, are in danger of losing the plot altogether. It all looks as though it will end in the courts, with the Holyrood administration leading the rearguard action, so we will have to see if this is actually going to go anywhere.
But it looks promising, even if I'm not quite holding my breath.