Seems to me that this will place Britain at the forefront of economic disadvantage.
You know, back in the day we had a similar problem like this where politicians ignored the people, and I think we rather pushed back against that sometime around 1776. Perhaps after a few years, we’ll see a repeat of that, but this time in Britain, rather than a colony.
I think some of the goals are impossible to achieve given Britain’s current direction and results, such as the folly of the wind power program.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/04/06/whoa-windfarms-in-uk-operate-well-below-advertised-efficiency/
In the Guardian article, I cringed over this, even though I have an electric car of my own.
The committee’s report says the new carbon deal will require that heat pumps will have had to be installed in 2.6m homes by 2025. It also says that by the same date 31% of new cars, and 14% of those on the road overall, will be electric. Experts say a total of £16bn of investment will be needed every year to meet the commitment. Some of this money will be raised through increases in electricity prices.
God help you all, at least until you throw the bums out. Full story here
h/t to WUWT readers PhilW, M White, Steve C, and Harry Trent
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This is a political suicide note!
“God help you all, at least until you throw the bums out.”
Problem is ALL the political parties leaderships believe in it..
They (UK politicians) have had 20 years of lobbying by environmentalist groups, who have become part of the establishemnet…
http://www.realclimategate.org/2010/11/climate-connections-an-alarmist-in-the-houses-of-parliament/
http://www.realclimategate.org/2011/03/who-voted-for-greenpeace-mr-huhne/
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves… which will rise and cover them should the sea-level rise catastrophically, whether they and the whole world reduce their CO2 emissions to zero, which should approximate their GNP.
Well, if they throw the bums out, they’ll have to make do with Labour again. Caught between a rock and a hard place. (Situation here in Germany is similar – we have a conservative warmist government and we could choose to opt for Green dictatorship instead.)
Looks like the UK Cabinet is vying to get UK the job of lead lemming.
Chris ‘the Buff’ Huhne as his mother called him. She was spot on!
Brits. We have an opportunity to make our views known!
The following is an extract from a recent email that I received from CIWEM, The Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management:
The Coalition Government, under its ‘Red Tape Challenge’ are asking people to tell them what ‘red tape’ is unnecessary and in response the Government will ‘reduce the burden of regulation’.
All our environmental regulation and legislation is individually listed on the red tape challenge website and is open to this process and unless you respond to the call for comments using the link below as a concerned individual, the protection of our environment is seriously under threat.
This email is a call to action for CIWEM members and contacts and we implore you to add your comments.
The Government’s view is ‘regulations and the inspections and bureaucracy that go with them have piled up and up….this has hurt business…’.
Please use the link below and enter your comments in the environment section or under specific parts of the environment section.
http://www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/environment
It is utterly essential that you respond and pass this email to others you know so they can comment.
the UK has a long history of bummer pledges met by creative accounting. This’ll be another example.
The USA has been shorn of another ally. No doubt Soros and his minions are ecstatic. Now California has a competitor and we can watch a race to Hell. May the most talented watermelons win.
A sane person would not think Britain was big enough to be on the forefront of the global battle against climate change…….
The 2007 numbers list China as #1 with 22.3% of world emissions,
and The United Kingdom as #8 with only 1.84%………
Even if they shut down completely, no one would notice 1.84%,
will not make one bit of difference and is a joke.
Just returned from a four day golf break in Spain with eight guys, doctors and a few rich businessmen. Dinner chat naturally included ‘climate’ issues and the disastrous energy policies being pursued by our government.
Failed to persuade them of the urgency of the situation for the UK, despite presenting data re. climate and so called ‘green energy’. All my friends are scientifically literate but just do not want to engage, even those in the ‘sceptic’ camp.
God help us!
( Article in Sunday Times News Review decrying the proliferation of wind farms, but no science content)
Dellers has a suitable riposte
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100087993/camerons-price-for-saving-his-coalition-the-destruction-of-britain/
Invoking one religion to help against another??
Barry Woods says:
May 15, 2011 at 12:32 pm
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From my experience of UK politics, one has to make a clear distinction between policy and the actual financial commitments. Previous lot spent it all. This lot has to borrow every penny. One thing is their political commitment, financing that commitment may be a totally different matter.
Of course with ‘Buff’ Hunhe’s distorted view on political and financial reality, it really does bring great joy to see a police investigation launched today for alleged perversion of justice:
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/05/time-for-stroll.html
When I was born Baldwin was the British Prime Minister. They have had some poor Premiers since then but in my opinion, Cameron has the weakest intellect of the lot.
It is the European Union that is the instigator of this economic-catastrophe-in-the-making. Europe has ‘had it in’ for the UK for longer than most people can remember and slowly but surely they are getting their own back. The folly that is the UKs energy policy will not be rescued until the collapse of the EU – to hope for political common sense would be wishful thining. But, fortunately for us, the imminent collapse of the Euro (currency) will be the fore-runner of the total collapse of Europe as a political entity and with it, their stranglehold over the UK. The British politicians (of all parties), the BBC and the MSM have been complicit in the treason being perpetuated upon us by failing to report this ‘invasion’ by stealth and lacking the courage to fight for our freedom and self-determination. Only the bloggers keep the faith.
sad
It seems the Guardian announcement may be a little premature, in fact there have been reports of this floating about the fringe political blogs and the like for a couple of weeks now.
But the Sunday Times, behind a paywall I am afraid, I get the dead tree version, reports today that the matter is to be discussed this coming week and that the Gov’t has been warned by by several major UK business, not specified, that if it does this they will pull out of the UK.
Indeed from what I can gather nothing has been agreed although statements have been made that is very different from actual legislation which is a long way down the road.
More spin than substance it would appear at this stage: now where have we heard that before?
I will keep you posted as and when.
Kindest Regards
And just what is going to power those heat pumps? Windmills? Give me a break. If this goes through, people are going to freeze to death in the dark.
They are about to push the button on – I think – 12 new Nuclear Powerstations in the UK, I think this is just a bit of spin for the benefit of the UK public.
The house still has to vote on it. This is a Conservative and LibDem (progressive) coalition, and Huhne is a green socialist.
Wouldn’t it be funny if Conservative MPs voted against it. They’d have to call an election, and LibDems are not popular.
They have no well-regulated militia. They are doomed.
From the Telegraph. Today is not a good day for socialists.
Chris Huhne ‘warned witness to stay silent over speeding offence’
Chris Huhne is fighting for his political life after warning “a witness” not to talk to the media about claims he lied to the police over a speeding offence.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/robert-mendick/8514500/Chris-Huhne-warned-witness-to-stay-silent-over-speeding-offence.html
We can’t throw them out – all three main parties are of a like mind! If all the initiatives of all the parties are enacted I think it comes to about one trillion pounds. The end result is planned to be a grid which changes customer usage to meet the power available via a ‘smart grid’ – turning off devices in the home as required.
It did seem like the major party was questioning our commitment to unilaterally reducing CO2 to 80% less than we used in 1990 [to reduce global temperatures by 0.01C] so I was taken aback to see this headline.
I still find it really strange that the political parties are quite happy to destroy the economy of the UK for so little benefit. They don’t even seem to be prepared to question their actions in any way. What are THEY gaining from it?
I see a rapid slippery slope – what remains of our industry will not be able to compete and will disappear. As the government seems paralysed in what to do with power plants due to be retired we will also suffer power cuts – which would drive the City of London firms to relocate to less insane climes.
The UK Government owes at least a trillion pounds which is okay IF the creditors think we can pay it. If not then Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Iceland give a pointer to our future. We will reduce our CO2 emmissions by not being able to afford to emit anything!
Europe in general seems to be self-destructing due to so called ‘Green’ policies. Spain and Portugal spent heavily on renewables. I believe Italy spent a lot on subsidies for solar. Germany has also spent heavily, but can just about afford it at the moment, although that may change with their ban on nuclear.
France is just passing a law to outlaw frakking for shale gas, and Poland is concerned that they, with AGW influence in other countries, may make it in to a European Union wide ban. The French initiative was backed by their nuclear industry, and apparently Gazprom! No conflict of interest there! I read that frakking has been used for 60 years with over 2 million operations with no problems.
When you see a satellite picture of North Korea at night with one lit area – come back in five years time and Europe will be pretty similar.