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Douglas Brodie's avatar

I’ve just had a look at the current (July 2022) Digest of UK Energy Statistics: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135950/DUKES_2022.pdf

If you search the document for “energy consumption” you find the following on Page 5:

“With net imports up, the UK increased its use of fossil fuels. The main fossil fuel sources in the UK are coal, gas and oil. In 2021, the share of primary energy consumption from fossil fuels increased to 78.3 per cent from the record low of 76.8 per cent in 2020, whilst that from low-carbon sources decreased to 19.4 per cent from the record high of 21.2 per cent last year due to reduced nuclear and renewables output, but still 9.3 percentage points up from 2010.”

So after 15 years of painful striving since the 2008 Climate Change Act, the UK is still 78% dependent on fossil fuels for its primary energy supply. What’s worse, the paltry reduction so far has largely been achieved by offshoring industries and importing the goods “energy free”.

Yet ask any politician and you will be told that we are making great progress towards achieving Net Zero. Half of them are fools and the other half are treasonous liars.

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Richard Lyon's avatar

Policies to improverish householders with pseudoscientific green taxes appears to be to Conservatives what policies to sexualise school children is to the SNP. The majority of people don't want them, yet they pursue them anyway, to the detriment of their support. I'm fairly certain that, if they explained physical reality, the electorate would respond very positively.

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