We dont take whole trees. You do. And how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. Logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. Theres no other word for it. This is britains biggest Single Source of electricity. The Drax Power Station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut Carbon Emissions. And that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. Theres just one problem. Burning wood pellets actually gives out more Greenhouse Gases than coal. Now, Carbon Dioxide is invisible to the human eye, so you cant actually see all of the carbon coming out of that chimney, but wood burning releases plenty of it, even more than coal. So were actually paying for this Power Station to kick out more Greenhouse Gases than before. And drax is in line to get billions more from the taxpayer. Actually coming out of those chimneys right now is mo
we don t take whole trees. you do. and how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. there s no other word for it. this is britain s biggest single source of electricity. the drax power station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but it s switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uk s drive to cut carbon emissions. and that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. there s just one problem. burning wood pellets actually gives out more greenhouse gases than coal. now, carbon dioxide is invisible to the human eye, so you can t actually see all of the carbon coming out of that chimney, but wood burning releases plenty of it, even more than coal. so we re actually paying for this power station to kick out more greenhouse gases than before. and drax is in line to get billions more from the taxpayer. actually coming out of those chimne
Its too many. This is where i grew up barry, or barrybados as i call it. I love it down here. We used to come here when we were kids. Mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. It was great. Dad was a good dad. He was very much a family man. Loved his kids, there was three of us. Im the baby, the youngest. We didnt have much money in the 1970s, but there was food on the table. My dad, cliff, was a tanker driver, a really hardworking man. He looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. He was a good looking bloke as well. Thats where i get it from its not the same anymore though, dads not here. Its nearly two years since dad passed away. Because of sepsis. I just thought, where did this come from . And what is sepsis . I had never heard of it. I know its kind of related to septicaemia, blood but it seemed to be one thing after another. Dad had a number of illnesses, including dementia. While in hospital he developed se
Its too many. This is where i grew up barry, or barrybados as i call it. I love it down here. We used to come here when we were kids. Mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. It was great. Dad was a good dad. He was very much a family man. Loved his kids, there was three of us. Im the baby, the youngest. We didnt have much money in the 1970s, but there was food on the table. My dad, cliff, was a tanker driver, a really hardworking man. He looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. He was a good looking bloke as well. Thats where i get it from its not the same anymore though, dads not here. Its nearly two years since dad passed away. Because of sepsis. I just thought, where did this come from . And what is sepsis . I had never heard of it. I know its kind of related to septicaemia, blood but it seemed to be one thing after another. Dad had a number of illnesses, including dementia. While in hospital he developed se
Im derek brockway. If youve seen me on the tv before, its probably because ive told you about the weather, or about the best walks in wales. But tonight im going on a very different kind ofjourney, a personal one, to find out about a condition which killed my dad. Well, to see him suffering like that, it was dreadful. I still miss him now. Its not the same, is it . No. Sepsis is taking and changing thousands of lives. People of all ages, across wales. I meet some remarkable people, a mother who lost her teenage daughter. Anyone is at risk of sepsis. Anybody could fall to this silent killer. Doctors on the wards, who tell me how we could save more lives. If i was brought in with sepsis, what sort of treatment would i get . A survivor determined not to let sepsis win. I want my life back. You know, it was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. Its taken more than enough, i think. And i discover the shocking scale of it. We could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that