UK
New NZW reports: Net Zero is structurally doomed
This week, Net Zero Watch published two new reports and fresh polling that exploring public attitudes towards Net Zero.
In Net Zero and the Threat to Human Liberty, former Conservative MP and minister Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA shows that Net Zero relies on the same central-planning model that failed repeatedly in the 20th century and consistently produced social, economic and political breakdown. He argues that Net Zero poses a direct and growing threat to peoples’ liberty in modern Britain.
In Powering Freedom: The Thermodynamic Roots of Modernity, Professor John Constable, Director of the Future of Energy Institute at the University of Austin in Texas, shows that the defining achievements of modernity and Western civilisation as we know it today risk being undone by the push for renewables.
The publication of these reports comes as Net Zero Watch releases new Deltapoll research showing that the public are losing confidence in the UK’s Net Zero agenda.
Britain will need to rethink its ICE ban
The UK’s ban on new petrol and diesel cars will “inevitably” be pushed back after the EU looked set to drop its measures, senior industry figures have said. The statement cast doubt on Ed Miliband’s net-zero polices, which include banning the sale of pure petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
Miliband to push through hundreds of new renewable energy projects
Ed Miliband is to wave through hundreds of new wind, solar and battery plants across rural England to meet Net Zero. “This latest example of Ed Milliband’s Net Zero zealotry will open the floodgates for pylons, solar farms and wind farms across our green and pleasant land,” say community campaigners.
Falkland Islands calls in North Sea ship to drill huge well
The Falkland Islands is poised to open its first major oil field, with hopes of unlocking a windfall equivalent to £1m per islander.
International
AI boosts global demand for oil
Demand for oil continues to climb higher, despite all the efforts to replace it with demand for electricity generated by wind and solar. As AI rolls out, demand for oil is set to continue growing for longer than previously expected and it will unlock an additional one trillion barrels of oil by making more of these barrels economical to extract.
Australian wind farm is abandoned
A third offshore wind farm project in Australia’s Gippsland offshore wind zone has been abandoned, this time by AGL Energy. The decision to abandon the project was influenced by the worsening situation globally in the offshore wind sector.
Etcetera…
Maurice was on Talk TV to discuss NESO’s costs analysis of decarbonisation pathways. He was also quoted on the influential Guido Fawkes website.
Andrew was on Talk TV to discuss how Ed Miliband’s plans will add £500 to enery bills.
Harry was on Talk TV to discuss the EU’s anticipated ICE ban u-turn.
Energy expert Rian Whitton published a new report for the Prosperity Institute. The report sets out in detail the scale of deindustrialisation caused by Net Zero and high energy costs
From the blog
TUE, DEC 9
Net Zero is ‘structurally doomed’, new reports warn, as fresh polling shows voters losing confidence
Today, Net Zero Watch publishes two significant new reports which together argue that Net Zero is destined to fail because it depends on a model of central planning that cannot work and on thermodynam
Read More
The London-based Net Zero Watch is a campaign group set up to highlight and discuss the serious implications of expensive and poorly considered climate change policies. The Net Zero Samizdat is a newsletter summarising the latest issues - for more information, please visit the website at www.netzerowatch.com.
New NZW reports: Net Zero is structurally doomed
This week, Net Zero Watch published two new reports and fresh polling that exploring public attitudes towards Net Zero.
In Net Zero and the Threat to Human Liberty, former Conservative MP and minister Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA shows that Net Zero relies on the same central-planning model that failed repeatedly in the 20th century and consistently produced social, economic and political breakdown. He argues that Net Zero poses a direct and growing threat to peoples’ liberty in modern Britain.
In Powering Freedom: The Thermodynamic Roots of Modernity, Professor John Constable, Director of the Future of Energy Institute at the University of Austin in Texas, shows that the defining achievements of modernity and Western civilisation as we know it today risk being undone by the push for renewables.
The publication of these reports comes as Net Zero Watch releases new Deltapoll research showing that the public are losing confidence in the UK’s Net Zero agenda.
Britain will need to rethink its ICE ban
The UK’s ban on new petrol and diesel cars will “inevitably” be pushed back after the EU looked set to drop its measures, senior industry figures have said. The statement cast doubt on Ed Miliband’s net-zero polices, which include banning the sale of pure petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
Miliband to push through hundreds of new renewable energy projects
Ed Miliband is to wave through hundreds of new wind, solar and battery plants across rural England to meet Net Zero. “This latest example of Ed Milliband’s Net Zero zealotry will open the floodgates for pylons, solar farms and wind farms across our green and pleasant land,” say community campaigners.
Falkland Islands calls in North Sea ship to drill huge well
The Falkland Islands is poised to open its first major oil field, with hopes of unlocking a windfall equivalent to £1m per islander.
International
AI boosts global demand for oil
Demand for oil continues to climb higher, despite all the efforts to replace it with demand for electricity generated by wind and solar. As AI rolls out, demand for oil is set to continue growing for longer than previously expected and it will unlock an additional one trillion barrels of oil by making more of these barrels economical to extract.
Australian wind farm is abandoned
A third offshore wind farm project in Australia’s Gippsland offshore wind zone has been abandoned, this time by AGL Energy. The decision to abandon the project was influenced by the worsening situation globally in the offshore wind sector.
Etcetera…
Maurice was on Talk TV to discuss NESO’s costs analysis of decarbonisation pathways. He was also quoted on the influential Guido Fawkes website.
Andrew was on Talk TV to discuss how Ed Miliband’s plans will add £500 to enery bills.
Harry was on Talk TV to discuss the EU’s anticipated ICE ban u-turn.
Energy expert Rian Whitton published a new report for the Prosperity Institute. The report sets out in detail the scale of deindustrialisation caused by Net Zero and high energy costs
From the blog
TUE, DEC 9
Net Zero is ‘structurally doomed’, new reports warn, as fresh polling shows voters losing confidence
Today, Net Zero Watch publishes two significant new reports which together argue that Net Zero is destined to fail because it depends on a model of central planning that cannot work and on thermodynam
Read More
The London-based Net Zero Watch is a campaign group set up to highlight and discuss the serious implications of expensive and poorly considered climate change policies. The Net Zero Samizdat is a newsletter summarising the latest issues - for more information, please visit the website at www.netzerowatch.com.
2 comments:
More CO2 greens our planet. Burn coal.
Let’s stop pretending that burning more coal is some kind of environmental favour wrapped in soot. Sure, plants like carbon dioxide, but they don’t exactly thrive on smog and particulates clogging the air. Framing more CO₂ as “greening the planet” is like saying eating more sugar cures diabetes. Technically there’s energy, but it’s missing the point spectacularly. Coal’s time is over, and trying to rebrand it as eco-friendly is the worst PR job since New Coke.
The truth is, we already know how to grow an economy and cut emissions at the same time. Clean technology isn’t a fairytale; it’s fact. So rather than clinging to the comforting myth that more coal equals more green, maybe it’s time we act like grown-ups and back the future, not the fossilised past. Burning coal in 2025 is like faxing your emails. It works, but everyone else has moved on.
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