Cika wannan jumla: Manufofin makamashi a Scotland batun 'ajiyewa' ne, watau alhakin shi ya rataya a kan gwamnatin Burtaniya. Firayim Ministan Scotland kuma shugaban SNP Nicola Sturgeon ya zarge su da samun "cikakken rashin hangen nesa da buri game da fasahar makamashi na nan gaba" kuma ya kwatanta wannan da ra'ayinta cewa Gwamnatin Scotland ta " riga ta zama jagora a duniya " wajen magance wannan batun. A lokacin da
kuri'ar raba gardama kan 'yancin Scotland a 2014 lokacin da albarkatun makamashi na Scotland suka kasance muhimmin batu. Jam'iyyar Scottish Green Party tana goyon bayan "karfin carbon mara kyau ga kowa".