If
it
is
true
that
nothing
is
more
expensive
in
life
than
a
missed
opportunity,
then
when
it
comes
to
green
energy,
The
Netherlands
faces
a
nasty
bill.
As
the
inevitability
of
the
need
for
renewable
energy
presses
ever
more
firmly
upon
the
minds
of
governments,
the
Dutch
can
only
look
in
the
mirror
and
wonder
what
happened.
After
all,
The
Netherlands
is
synonymous
in
the
minds
of
many
with
its
picturesque
windmills.
Their
builders
were
forced
to
harness
the
power
of
the
wind
rather
than
constructing
water
mills
as
their
country's
notoriously…