Agree, agree, agree. But what is missing is that much of the policy muddle came about because of an (over) reaction to the Oil industry's decades of systemic anti-climate lobbying. There's an essential preamble to any discussion of energy policy: (i) climate change is real and we need to address it, and (ii) the oil & gas industry has not been a trustworthy actor (be that in obfuscating climate science or diverting precious funds to distractions like hydrogen and carbon capture.
I think what you say is “bleedin’ obvious”. Nick Robinson on this morning’s Today programme was typical of too many journalists when he didn’t pin the green campaigner down on these points. We definitely need to reduce DEMAND for fossil fuels. That’s something we consumers have got to do. And where campaigners need to focus. As long as there is demand there will be supply. Campaigners blame producers because they don’t want difficult arguments with consumers.
Agree, agree, agree. But what is missing is that much of the policy muddle came about because of an (over) reaction to the Oil industry's decades of systemic anti-climate lobbying. There's an essential preamble to any discussion of energy policy: (i) climate change is real and we need to address it, and (ii) the oil & gas industry has not been a trustworthy actor (be that in obfuscating climate science or diverting precious funds to distractions like hydrogen and carbon capture.
Is gas landed in the uk by pipeline ever exported?
I think what you say is “bleedin’ obvious”. Nick Robinson on this morning’s Today programme was typical of too many journalists when he didn’t pin the green campaigner down on these points. We definitely need to reduce DEMAND for fossil fuels. That’s something we consumers have got to do. And where campaigners need to focus. As long as there is demand there will be supply. Campaigners blame producers because they don’t want difficult arguments with consumers.