The
leader of UKIP in Wales has claimed climate change is not man made. Speaking
on BBC Wales' Sunday Supplement, Nathan Gill also said it was "complete
stupidity to think by sticking a bunch of wind turbines all over Wales that we
are somehow going to stop the weather from changing".
His
comments were criticised by Labour, Tories, Lib Dems, Plaid and the Greens who
say humans affect climate change. Mr
Gill said it was simply an excuse to tax people. He
told the programme: "We don't agree that man is responsible for changing the
climate.
"We
think it's hubris and we also think that governments have realised this is a
great way of taxing people and people will say 'thank you for taxing us because
you're going to save the world'."
He
said it was "ridiculous" to think man could change the climate, saying: "A
volcano eruption will produce more CO2 than man has ever been able to produce in
the short time since the industrial revolution."
