Is there any point at all in claiming that we want a greener future, when at every turn and at every step along the way there are so many people determined to fight the plans.

Here in Suffolk there appears to be total opposition to the concept of solar farms - leading county councillor Richard Rout talked of a "tidal wave" of solar farms in his article in the EADT this week.

I'm not sure I've ever heard of "tidal wave" being used to describe anything positive!

Are we facing a 'tidal wave' of solar farms?Are we facing a 'tidal wave' of solar farms? (Image: Newsquest)

People might not be too concerned about off shore wind farms (so long as they're over the horizon) but heaven forbid if anyone should want to bring the power onshore to where it's needed - particularly in the midlands or the industrial regions of the north!

We've heard energy alchemists coming up with plans for alternative ways to transmit power either through an extensive offshore grid to using tunnelling technology to bury them underground.

But in truth these proposals seem to range from the fanciful to the fantastic (not in a good way) when you actually try to work out how they might work.

The elephant in the room is, of course, onshore wind power which is in many ways the cheapest and simplest green technology - but apparently the sight of modern turbines in the countryside gives so many residents an attack of the vapours that we just can't have them!

It's not just the big schemes that provoke opposition - it's the small things too.

Look at the new housing developments going up all over the place? How many solar panels do you see? How many have chimneys for gas boilers?

How many of those homes have heat pumps installed on construction - a far easier process than retro-fitting them years later?

We are months away from the second quarter of the 21st century. Why are major developers still wedded to 20th century technology? 

I know the cost of housing is high, but why aren't those buying brand new homes insisting on modern technology? Is it just too inconvenient to be green?

National Green Party politicians aren't doing a great deal to help the environmental message either.

Party co-leader, and Waveney Valley MP, Adrian Ramsay came under fire from Sir Keir Starmer earlier in the summer over his calls for a review of controversial plans for pylons through his constituency.

His party has been talking of an environmental crisis - so it did feel a bit odd to be talking about setting up another review which by definition would delay any work to ease that.

And what was the Green Party reaction to plans to increase the number of flights at London City Airport?

It put up a tweet calling for the money to be channelled to improving the rail service. Sounds great - except for the fact the Green Party has been consistently campaigning against HS2, the biggest rail project in the country.

That is a project that would increase the capacity on all rail lines between London, the north and Midlands - but the Green Party campaigned against it despite the wishes of many of its members.

So I'm really wondering whether there's any point in worrying about about what is happening to the environment.

If no one else cares about it, why should I? I don't like the temperatures that seem to be creeping up every summer. But does anyone else care?

We've heard a lot about the loss of agricultural land because of solar farms. Is anyone worried about the loss of agricultural land caused by extreme drought and monsoon rain?

Let's just stick our heads in the sand and leave the problems for our descendants to solve in 2124!

The opinions expressed in this column are the personal views of Paul Geater and do not necessarily reflect views held by this newspaper, its sister publications or its owner and publisher Newsquest Media Group Ltd.