UK’s energy policy: We are on the road to poverty and serfdom

Humans can do little to nothing to affect the world’s so-called “greenhouse gases.” It’s no surprise then that the UK government’s efforts to reach net zero are futile in terms of changing the climate.

However, the Government’s policies are actively disastrous for the economy and are leading us down the road to poverty and serfdom.

We must reverse Net Zero policies before it is too late, David Turver writes.

UK Labour Members of Parliament (“MPs) like Tris Osborne spend a lot of their time claiming our energy system is secure and the National Energy System operator is forever boasting about how much of our electricity comes from wind and other renewables

Prime Minister Starmer is also signing us up to EU net zero rules that we will likely mean we have to decarbonise even faster under ever more draconian government dictats.

In his book ‘Road to Serfdom’, Friedrich Hayek warned of the dangers of the tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning. The UK energy system is certainly hamstrung by central government control, so what has it done for our energy security and the performance of our energy system? Just how far are we down the road to serfdom?...<<<Read More>>>...