Nimbyism will not save the countryside
Wanting wind and solar to be built ‘somewhere else’ is not enough, when the plan is to build them everywhere.
Fingers pointed over failure of Net Zero
Economist Paul Johnson tries to blame MPs for the failure of the Net Zero plans of the Climate Change Committee, of which he was a member.
Sunak's Net Zero speech: the road to rationality
Rishi Sunak's Net Zero speech may represent a turning point for UK climate policy.
Another fairy tale about the levelised cost of renewables
Almost all published estimates of renewables costs are fictional. Here’s an example.
Does the Government understand its own Green Levies?
It is difficult to believe that Mr Sunak would knowingly revert to direct levies with regressive impacts on low-income households, and it may be a simple mistake arising from misunderstanding of the character and scale of the climate change policies.
No Ambrose, curtailed power is not free
It's often said that hydrogen will be made with "free" constrained electricity. It's not free.
