1960s England

we now destroy the countryside to save the city

How We Cleaned Up the Cities — Only to Destroy the Countryside

We spent decades tackling pollution in our cities. We closed the coal plants, cleaned the air, modernised industry, and made huge progress in public health.But somewhere along the way, ideology took over.

The energy transition was working, until Net Zero dogma replaced practical engineering.

Now we’re told that plastering farmland with solar panels in a country with weak sunlight, and carving up our peatlands and moorlands with wind turbines and cable trenches, is “green”.It isn’t.

Solar farms that generate little in winter are swallowing Grade 1 and 2 farmland.

Wind projects are ripping through carbon-rich peat,land that took thousands of years to form and that stores more carbon than any forest.Access roads, concrete pads, and cabling trenches are fragmenting wildlife habitats across the uplands And all of it is being sold to the public as “environmentally friendly”.

Where did we go wrong?

We replaced common-sense energy policy with an ideology that refuses to admit its own damage.

Net Zero has become an obsession,one that is destroying the very landscapes that define Britain’s natural beauty.

Clean air in the cities should not come at the cost of ruining the countryside, degrading ecosystems, and handing our energy system over to technologies that can’t keep the lights on.

It’s time to ask the question too many refuse to face:

What’s the point of saving the planet on paper if we are destroying Britain in the process?