A Common Weal Strategy for Community and Democratic
Ownership of Scotland’s Energy Resources
Since I wrote my piece on public ownership yesterday, I’ve come across a report by the Reid Foundation www.reidfoundation.org , published in September this year.
It covers many of the points I made yesterday and more, running to 37 pages, and places the discussion in the context of the Scottish independence referendum.
The paper concludes:
“The independence debate thus far has been mired in short-term thinking about the economic returns from energy without fundamentally challenging the status quo. A much longer term approach to Scotland’s energy is required where energy resources are owned, managed and distributed for the collective good, and on behalf of present and future generations rather than being appropriate for private and corporate interests”.
Full of interesting examples and analysis, it’s well worth a read.
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