There is no point in doing Brexit if you then do #NetZero , the costs of which are multiples of any conceivable economic cost/benefit from Brexit ...

Quite. This sort of mission creep from the ECtHR is wholly undesirable, attempting to force changes on contentious matters of policy that go way beyond any reasonable interpretation of the law. Policy is (or should be) a matter for elected politicians, not unelected judges.

‘Gas dependency has not proved to be the weapon Putin envisaged during the mid-2010s when he sought to control central and southern Europe… For Russia, Europe’s resilience has been a geopolitical disaster’. Excellent analysis by Helen Thompson POLIS 👇

Good essay by Rupert Darwall on inconvenient energy truths
realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/…

For some reason, Simon always misses out #NetZero - a much larger negative supply shock than Brexit ...

Ridiculous argument. The Tories have delivered one gigantic supply side reform. It was called Brexit and it has been an unmitigated disaster, which is a large part of the reason why taxes and spending have had to go up. Pure gaslighting to suggest otherwise.

1.5 deg above pre-industrial is an arbitrary target, so it follows net zero by 2050 is as well ...

“I and many others warned repeatedly during 2022 that Biden’s political raid on the SPR would diminish U.S. energy security and leave American drivers defenseless in the face of future oil supply shortages. And now, just two years later, here we are, with the chickens coming home…

This is untrue. Biden is not backing Ukraine to the hilt, e.g., trying to prevent Ukraine counter-attacking military targets in Russia. Indeed, you could argue his Ukraine policy is converging with Trump's ...

More inputs for fewer outputs is the fundamental fact of the so-called Energy Transition aka Energy Regression ...

What a total fraud!

The OBR net zero assessment shows zeroing out fossil fuels leaves a fiscal deficit of at ~ 1% of GDP. If there were mountains of fossil fuel subsidies, net zero would create a fiscal surplus ...

The International Energy Agency was established 50 years ago to counterbalance OPEC producer market power. Now the roles have been reversed ...

realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/…

Fantastic; more Scots complained about Yousaf than JK Rowling

Bearded trans athlete filmed injuring rival at school basketball game has participated against girls in five other sports - and 'was suspended from rowing team for leering 'ooh, t*tties' at topless girl in changing room' trib.al/pOBehyT

The UK needs to talk about net zero again, but you can bet the FT won't ...

Unfortunate timing ...

Some interesting witnesses scheduled for the next few weeks of the Post Office Inquiry. lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers-t…

Some people still don't get it!

Net zero means zero revenues from carbon taxes and fuel duties ...

Wakey, wakey, Simon Nixon ...

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