The Japanese car industry has been slated for partially protecting its own interests, primarily by supporting hybrid cars—when only full electrification will start to satisfy ‘soft on China’ eco-zealots.
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That is equivalent to about £750 for every household in the country, of which about a third will feed through onto our energy bills.
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A Government spokesman said such quangos were good value for money. “Net Zero is the economic opportunity of the century… We are absolutely focused on ensuring every pound spent of taxpayer money delivers for the public”.
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A leading economic forecasting group has warned that Britain's sluggish economic growth, combined with rising energy prices, will result in over 160,000 jobs being lost this year, raising further questions about the left-wing government's net-zero green agenda
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There was never any democratic mandate for any of this. At no stage were the public consulted, never mind given the opportunity to vote on renewable energy policy, Ed Miliband’s 2008 Climate Change Act or Theresa May’s suicidal Net Zero law.
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With oil prices skyrocketing following the US and Israel’s bombing of Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, motorists around the world have been looking for ways to save money.
Since the swearing-in of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States, climate alarmism and the political machinations in the public and private sector it spawned have experienced the death of a thousand cuts, described for centuries as a favorite torture method of the Chinese.
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History shows that this type of commanding collectivisation often ends in tears – witness the gulags and starvation of Stalin’s Soviet Union, the deliberate famines in Mao’s China, and not forgetting the mountains of human skulls that arose from Pol Pot’s Cambodian Ground Zero experiment.
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The mission, it turns out, is not to save the planet. It is to remake capitalism in the image of the administrative state. And the bill, as always, will be paid by ordinary Britons.
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The net zero agenda requires a deliberate ignorance of how the modern world functions. South Korea rose from the ashes of war to become a global economic titan because it embraced the power of energy-dense, reliable fossil fuels. Turning away from this proven model in favor of unproven, weather-dependent technologies is a recipe for economic ruin.
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New cartoon - Green Cr*p Hits Its Own Fans.
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Energy abundance is not a luxury; it is the foundation of modern civilisation. To pretend otherwise is not sophistication. It is civilisational self-harm. And the bill, as always, lands on the people least able to afford the eco-crucifix.
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Solar power is threatening to overwhelm the UK electricity grid this summer as gluts of supply create a risk of blackouts and leave households and businesses facing being asked to consume excess power. The Telegraph has the story.
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It seems the world is getting tired of clickbait, centrally-determined climate claptrap that for too long has provided an unscientific base for the Net Zero fantasy.
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Because once speculative outputs are presented as concrete savings, they begin to shape policy decisions, investment flows, and public expectations. And when those decisions are made on the basis of partial accounting and optimistic assumptions, the costs—unlike the modeled savings—have a way of becoming very real.
North Sea natural gas saved Britain billions last year and savings will be even higher this year amid sky-high prices, analysis has found, increasing pressure on the Government to boost production during the Iran war. The Telegraph has the details.
Predictably, there was a bit of a fuss and McGuire subsequently withdrew his post – “not because I regretted it”, but because people took it the wrong way, he explained.
Little wonder, when oil refineries are punished with carbon taxes, electric car mandates and the Net Zero energy transition.
Sir Keir Starmer has said it is Ed Miliband’s decision whether Britain drills for oil and gas in the North Sea, claiming he has no power in the matter.
The “Great Reset” promised a rapid economic transformation. What’s unfolding instead is a quiet unraveling—banks backtracking, companies revising targets, and governments hedging. Behind the rhetoric, reality is forcing a course correction few are willing to openly admit.
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Plans to cut green subsidies and relax EU climate targets have drawn fury from coalition partners, who say they “border on absurdity.”
Brits are being urged to work from home and use ovens less as the energy crisis deepens, amid worries that Rachel Reeves can’t help because she’s “maxxed out the nation’s credit card” with “runaway welfare spending”.
The crisis also showcases America’s capacity to support allies and the poor. Long‑term LNG contracts with Asian and European partners, coupled with support for reasonable financing of oil and gas projects in developing countries, can reduce dependence on chokepoints like Hormuz and on coercive suppliers. Energy sovereignty for India, Southeast Asia and Africa aligns with U.S. strategic interests…
Households are already £800 worse off a year as a result of Net Zero policies on electricity costs, whether directly via energy bills or indirectly via higher taxes and prices.
Based on NESO/OFGEM figures, that figure will likely double in the next few years.
Being forced to buy a heat pump will add another £1000 a year to household costs, including loan interest. And with EVs still costing…
While in 1990 one-third of Europe’s energy came from nuclear, today it’s only close to 15%. This reduction in the share of nuclear was a choice. And in hindsight, it was as strategic mistake for Europe to turn its back on a reliable, affordable source of low-emission power. This should change. … Nuclear energy is reliable, providing electricity all year around the clock. … Europe has been a…
These costs are only the tip of the iceberg, as far as Net Zero is concerned. They are only the items that appear on the government’s balance sheet.
The IEA has done much excellent work in the past half century. With demand for all forms of energy certain to grow into the foreseeable future the IEA should have a key role to play in informing global society what is actually happening today and what is realistically likely to happen in the future. The days when aspirational, unrealistic, scenarios were hugely influential in guiding energy…
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According to the British ex-PM’s think tank, the Labour government’s current eco-friendly energy policies are pushing up energy prices.
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