Tag Archive: Net Zero
Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Department Given 22% More Cash to Waste on Green Energy Unicorns – and Other Budget Horrors
David Turver looks at the energy horrors in Labour's Budget, including 22% more cash for Ed Miliband's Net Zero Department to waste on green energy unicorns and billions more in renewable subsidies.
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Leading Green Intellectual Demands Deindustrialisation, Rationing and the End of the Banking System to “Save the Climate”
Leading green intellectual Ulrike Herrmann demands deindustrialisation, rationing and the end of the banking system to "save the climate". This is the real green agenda, says Eugyppius, and it's already well advanced.
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Electric Vehicle Battery Size Should be Cut by One Third Due to Acute Lithium Shortage, Say U.K.’s Top Engineers
Electric vehicle battery sizes should be cut by one third due to an acute lithium shortage, Britain's top engineers have said, leaving range-challenged EVs facing further sales disincentives.
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End of the Road for EVs as Sales Slump Around the World
The electric revolution appears to be running out of road as global EV sales slump in recent months for three top manufacturers amidst public resistance to the new technology.
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Electric Bin Lorry Bursts into Flames in Central London
An electric bin lorry burst into flames this morning, forcing multiple London roads to close. It comes as the number of e-bike battery fires has risen by 70% in a year across the country.
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No, Fossil Fuels Are Not Being “Subsidised”
No, fossil fuels are not being "subsidised" by the Government, as the Guardian claims, says David Turver. It turns out what they mean is they're not being taxed as much as they think they should be. Tax is not a subsidy.
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Why Do Policymakers Overestimate the Cost of ‘Doing Nothing’ to Mitigate the Risk of Climate Change and Underestimate the Cost of Doing Something?
Policymakers routinely exaggerate the risk of climate change, bordering on being hysterical, as well as being alarmingly complacent about the costs of their schemes to mitigate it. Why? asks Andrew Sibley.
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“Why Did Our Parked Electric Car Explode?”
A mother said her family was "lucky to have got out safely" after their parked electric car exploded and engulfed their house in flames.
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The Country Where Taxpayers Are Charged Billions When the Sun Shines
In Germany, taxpayers are being charged billions of euros when the sun shines under contracts that commit the Government to paying solar energy producers the difference between a generous fixed tariff and the market rate.
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The Green Blob Gets Itself a “Special Representative for Nature” to “Put Climate at the Heart of Foreign Policy”
The Green Blob has got itself a "Special Representative for Nature" who will "put climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy". Good grief, says Ben Pile. Don't we have any real external threats to deal with?
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