For those of us bearing the scars of long engagement in the climate and energy wars, however, none of this was a surprise. It has long been clear that the inhabitants of the Westminster village were happy to hype up fears of climate purgatory and to fib about the road to redemption – renewables – and the cost of taking it. Once the public understand the depth and extent of the deception, and the damage done to the economy and the prospects for our children, the trickery over Covid is going to look decidedly peripheral.
The latest report from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) is a case in point. On the surface it’s a roadmap to a decarbonised electricity grid, but in reality it’s merely a sales document, full of tricks, evasions and outright falsehoods that would make even the most cynical used car salesman blush.
For example, in a number of places, it says that decarbonisation of
the grid will be ‘cost-effective’, but you will find next to no
information on what it will cost. The game that is being played becomes a
bit clearer when you read the reference to ‘carbon prices’. In normal
usage, the carbon price is the estimate of the damage done by a ton of
carbon dioxide, but in the CCC’s parlance it is an estimate of what it
will cost to decarbonise. So, while it gives you the impression it has
done a cost-benefit analysis and is going to be saving you money, in
reality it is only saying that the bill to be paid will be the same as
previously advised. It’s a trick....<<<Read More>>>....
