Net Zero and the American Election

The imminent return of Donald Trump has put a bomb under Labour's obsession with Net Zero. Whilst Miliband and his colleagues increase their efforts to decarbonise and achieve 'clean power', a Trump-led America will be pulling in the opposite direction in their drive to reduce energy prices and give a boost to industry.

Meanwhile Miliband and his eco-activists will seek to depict the new President as delusional and irresponsible about rising temperatures. They have all backed Net Zero and are too far immersed in it to back down. It would mean admitting they were mistaken.

If the British public starts questioning the point of abandoning fossil fuels and turning our countryside into an industrial lattice-work of cables and pylons when America is doing the reverse, Miliband's time will be up.

So far, Net Zero has not figured near the top of British voters' concerns. This may change as energy bills continue to rise; we already have the most expensive electricity in Europe and our current energy policy - wind and sun and no nuclear - will make things worse.

Eco propagandists have been extremely effective at shutting down debate. They demean anyone who questions the value of wind turbines, or whether we are truly heading for climate apocalypse. There is a world of difference, however, between denying that weather patterns are changing and questioning the policy response. It is easier for the activists to resort to name-calling.

In America, Trump has faced the zero-carbon hysteria and has said that man-made climate change is a gigantic scam and that defeating it is one of his most urgent tasks. He believes that pseudo-scientific fear-mongering is:

-scaring American youth
-destroying the economy
-weakening society
-destroying the middle classes.

It is the least well-off who are paying the heaviest price for our rising energy bills during the transition to becoming carbon neutral. Thousands of jobs have already been lost: eco-activism has already seen off the coal industry, the aluminium industry and steel manufacturing in Britain. The next target appears to be the car industry, where punitive restrictions and fines are already affecting production.

Trump has told Conservative leaders, think tanks and intellectuals around the world to call out the lunacy, loudly and clearly.

A report published last week by the National Grid operator 'Neso', said that taxpayers will need to pay an additional £1300 per household every year, plus the energy bill, to get clean energy by 2030.

Like all cult leaders, Miliband is undeterred by making the public part with ever-increasing amounts of their money..

Trump's energy policy is in stark contrast:

-Increase American oil production in the short to medium term to get the oil price down, thus boosting industry.

-Build small modular nuclear reactors to get the energy price down and to ensure a stable low-carbon energy supply for the future. This will benefit industry and domestic users.

These two strategies will ensure that cheaper electricity becomes available, long-term.

That's what we should be implementing here in the UK.



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