Representation by Ian Threlfall
- Date submitted
- 14 February 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
THE COST OF REMOVING AGRICULTURAL LAND MEANS WE BECOME EVEN MORE DEPENDANT ON OVERSEAS FOOD SUPPLIES. THE CURRENT UN-CERTAINTY IN THE WORLD MAKES IT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO FEED OURSELVES FIRST AND THEN ACHIEVE "NETT ZERO" SECOND. THE COST OF IMPORTING FOOD WILL COST FAR MORE THAN GROWING OUR OWN IN THE LONG TERM. I HAD A JAPANESE SOLAR POWERED TRANSISTOR RADIO IN THE 1960'S. TODAY 60 YEARS LATER THE BEST SUGGESTION WE CAN COME UP WITH IS " COVER PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND WITH VAST NUMBERS OF SOLAR PANELS. THERE ARE FAR MORE SUITABLE PLACES THAT PANELS COULD BE INSTALLED. COME ON GOVERNMENT, START THINKING FORWARD NOT BACKWARDS. IAN THRELFALL