Charlie, where you got that figure nobody knows..... You can't take Luxembourg or Malta as an example, as well as Vatican City or Monaco, that would be really a laughable one....
Instead, take Latvia / Croatia / Slovenia and all the new independent countries as an example. Then I can accept your point of view as reasonable. Then you'll also have to explain me why Latvian and Polish people invaded UK if they were living so well where they came from.
Concerning renewable energies, I guess you'll be delighted to exploit your own sources, meaning the ones you have south of Scotland. Up here we're sick of turbines and to be honest we're gathering signatures and petitions to have no more - When you'll be surrounded by windfarms, post your opinion about the renewable energies.
It is funny that nobody has a clue about economics and above all, nobody has a clue about what means being in the European Union "out" of the UK.
To be honest, you're enjoying here big wages and low life cost if compared to the other countries and nobody wants to see that.
I've been living in another European country for most of my life, the introduction of the euro currency destroyed our lives, our wages became NOTHING and in a 2-year span we lost the power of buying a house, renting a flat, in the end even buying food.
If Scottish wants to join the euro, I guess a herd of Scots will soon try to migrate somewhere else when they'll be aware they can't make ends meet, like 50% of Greek and 35% of Italians (and I stayed low with the percentage rates). Euro, this week, was exchanged 1.30 with a pound, I know because I received a bank transfer yesterday.
Without even counting what will happen with the Scottish passports... who gets one? People who are residents or people who choose to have one? What about families who are half Scottish half English then?
The more I think about this the funnier it is... SNP should inform us about what's going to happen to Scotland in case the YES wins.