It is important to listen to the experts who are out in the field observing polar bears in their natural habitat and the scientists studying their evolution throughout history rather than activists and computer modelers
If the UN is concerned about world hunger, maybe they should call a halt to all of the agricultural Net Zero and rewilding projects being undertaken in Europe and elsewhere, all in the name of climate change”
$3.8 trillion of investment in renewables moved fossil fuels from 82% to 81% of the overall energy consumption. It is apparent that renewable energy is not going anywhere fast
"It would be both absurd and counterproductive for government to bail out the wind industry in spite of the evident failure to reduce costs. A refusal to learn from mistakes will be disastrous”
A lesson to learn: If wind power is so cheap, then why is it that retail power prices continue to rocket in every country attempting to run on breezes?
The Government’s decision to silently reapply green levy costs to bills is in itself a retrograde step and a mistake, but the misinformation in defence of this decision suggests a negligent lack of engagement with the reality of their own climate pol
No amount of investment in the intermittent renewables is going to eliminate the need for ongoing investment in fossil fuel production, at least within a 30-year time frame
UK climate has changed very little. Long-term trends are dwarfed by the natural variability of weather. Nor is there any evidence that weather has become more extreme, or will become so in future.
"The cancellation of the proposed £118 Hydrogen Tax on household energy bills is hugely welcome and I hope is the start of a common sense journey for the government on energy policy"
None of it has anything to do with the climate, or "saving the planet", and everything to do with wielding totalitarian control over every aspect of your life
"This is a thoroughly entertaining romp through the details of a very serious problem for society. Briggs has deployed his wit and wisdom to great effect"
"Reasonable people will conclude that the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street has lost the plot, and will ask themselves whether this is why the inflation target has been so badly missed”
The clear exception to this rule is the UK, where financial data is freely available for all offshore windfarms and many large onshore ones (as well as a few solar parks).
“The government are sacrificing everything on the altar of their Net Zero dogma: economic security and national security just don’t seem to matter to them any longer.”