It has been clear for some time that the European Union has ceased to articulate realistic and achievable goals, such as the single market or monetary union, and moved on to metaphysical declarations, typified by the Lisbon agenda to make the EU the most competitive economy in the world by – any minute now.
Among the less realistic goals is one set this spring, for 20 per cent of energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. This target, eagerly endorsed by a departing Tony Blair, has emerged as more millstone than milestone in British policymaking. But the EU is not the main culprit behind the incoherence of UK energy policy. The government is.
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