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Thursday 6 July 2023

Net Zero policies will make people poorer, colder and less free, MP says

During a debate on Energy Infrastructure in the House of Commons yesterday, Andrew Bridgen, Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire, reminded the Commons the only certain thing about net zero is people will become poorer, colder and less free.

“Given the effects on a population already struggling with energy bills; the growing public awareness of doom-mongers with their deadlines that never actually come to pass; the extreme sacrifices being forced on us all, which may be futile in the face of China, Russia and India continuing to increase their use of fossil fuels enormously, it appears that the Government are taking one side of a scientific argument and, once again, declaring it to be an unchallengeable fact,” Mr. Bridgen said.

“The fact is that the UK accounts for less than 1% of global emissions. On that basis, we are voluntarily rejecting entire established industries that have been proven to work to keep us warm, fed and sheltered. We are asked to reject those for the fantasies of Just Stop Oil protesters and Leonardo DiCaprio-esque climate scientists. We are asked to reject those for technologies that either do not yet exist or have not been proven at scale.

“Not only can the Government not explain exactly what technologies we will use, but they cannot give an accurate estimate of what it will cost. According to some estimates, the drive to net zero could cost £1 trillion, or even £3 trillion.

“As with all failed experiments, the only certainty is that when the bill comes in, the people will have to pay.”...<<<Read More>>>...