Has oil had its day?

FOR many long years Scots have enjoyed a secret fuel that has warmed us, comforted us and given us the strength and energy to see us through the day: porridge. Now comes news that should not surprise us, but could herald an energy revolution – the food group Quaker is to use byproducts from making porridge as an energy source for the factory making the cereal.

A £6 million combined heat and power biomass boiler at the factory at Uthrogle Mills in Fife will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 9,000 tonnes a year – the equivalent of the annual emissions of 3,000 cars. It will enable the site to become ca...