The research into geothermal energy is therefore much too late, according to the opposition. “We have to make an offer before December 1 of this year,” said Defferding. “If we make a serious offer of solar energy, we hope that Eemnes will be skipped and they will look to Amersfoort, Leusden or other places for windmills. I find that annoying for those municipalities, but I am on the city council of Eemnes and I hope to prevent it here, for the inhabitants who are against it and for the birds that breed here in the polder.”