‘Net Zero’ Groupthink Got Us Into This Mess
Political parties raced to make Britain a "climate leader". But they failed to plan for the bumps in the road and we're all paying the price.
Tag: Net Zero
Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics – and Computer Models
Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, looks at ‘tipping points’ – supposedly, points of no return after which the earth is doomed and we're all buggered. He isn't impressed.
Peddlers of Environmental Doom are Closet Totalitarians
Jordan Peterson has written a great essay for the Telegraph about the utopianism that underpins the net zero agenda of the global corporate and political elites. Like other utopian projects, it will immiserate us all.
Daniel Hannan Deservedly says “I Told You So” in Article Linking Our Economic Problems to the Lockdown Policy
Dan Hannan has written a blistering column for the Telegraph, deservedly saying "I told you so” about the catastrophic impact of the lockdown policy on the economy, something he warned of in May 2020.
Energy Bills Set to Double Next Year
Energy prices are set to more than double, with the average UK household facing an annual bill of £4,266 next year. Time to rethink the fracking ban?
Met Office Must Answer Growing Doubts About Rising U.K. and Global Temperature Claims
Further doubts are being raised about the scale of global warming claimed by the U.K. Met Office, following publication of a damning report into U.S. weather stations which found 96% were corrupted by urban heat.
There is No Food Crisis – If Only We Stopped Burning it as ‘Green’ Biofuel
3.5M tonnes of EU palm oil go to make biodiesel – the same as the amount of sunflower oil exported by Ukraine and Russia combined. There's only a food crisis because we burn food rather than use it to feed people.
Net Zero Advocates Are Living in Cloud Cuckoo Land
Gordon Hughes, a former Professor of Economics at Edinburgh, says anyone who thinks the costs of Net Zero will be outweighed by savings from new green technologies in five-to-ten years is living in cloud cuckoo land.
Hit Pause on Net Zero, Tory Voters Tell Next Prime Minister
According to a new poll for YouGov, a majority of Conservative voters would like the next prime minister to hit the pause button on Net Zero. It looks as though Liz Truss will do what they ask.
Net Zero Policies Will Turn Europe Into a “Trivial and Incapable” Backwater
Energy writer John Constable warns that the European Green Deal seems all but certain to break Europe’s economic and political power, “rendering it a trivial and incapable backwater, reliant on superior powers”.
