RURAL types cheered on April 24th when Michael Fallon, a Conservative energy minister, said that the Tory party would not give government subsidies to new onshore wind farms should it win a majority in next year’s general election. Mr Fallon argues that the long list of onshore projects already in development is enough to ensure Britain meets its legally binding target, set by the EU, of generating about a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 (up from around 15% now). He says onshore farms have been bankrolled long enough.