From the “ecos will experience wailing and gnashing of teeth” department comes this revelation from the Political Editor of the Daily Telegraph.
If true, this represents a major about face in “climate policy”. The pols must be more scared of the impending winter energy backlash than they are of climate change.
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Ms Truss will probably have other matters to which to attend for the next 10 days or so.
I can see no sense in allowing a veto by “local communities”. That will be interpretted as the opinions of local councillors and local pressure groups – there will not be local referenda. Why should there be, this is a national issue.
We do not allow local opinion to rule in areas of above average income (which might want to suppress income tax rates) or even in areas of high Green belt (where an alliance of Conservative controlled councills, double speak by Conservative Ministers) and the Planning Inspectorate arrange to build houses which locals do not want).
Does anyone know how long it might reasonably take to get fracked gas flowing and how long the rigs need to recoup the cost. Also, how many wells are there which can be brought on stream quickly (how long is that) and how many more are likely to be found in time to pipe product within (say) 5 years.
Lastly, as the UK has inadequate refining capacity for petrol and diesel, can we be sure our product can be refined.
Supposedly gas could flow by end of year but probably not much
The terrible inflation of the 1970’s, at least in the US, was defeated by a combination of demand-limitation (Volcker’s Fed massively raising interest rates) and supply-enhancement
(Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts on top of capital gains tax cuts and deregulation started under Jimmy Carter).
Truss, unlike Demonic Biden of the Red Haze, seems to get this.
Every possible enhancement of supply matched by moderate demand limitation by the Fed is in order in the US, and by similar institutions throughout the world (there is clearly a worldwide aspect to the current inflation.)
Meanwhile, the Green political movement must die an appropriate death.
After the well-organized anti-fracking protests, they can all book vacation trips to the beach in Mexico for some well-earned relaxation. Griff?
Mexico’s oil company acknowledges releasing methane plume – ABC News (go.com)
A small victory, but I’ll take it. Now, convert Drax to coal, build a bunch more coal generation plants, tear down the bird and bat choppers, and we’ll really have a great trend going.
So they lifted the ban.
Now we see how much Thatcher she has in her as the ER looney tunes are going to go bonkers.
I’ll send a pail of sulphuric acid to burn off the glue holding them to the pavement
Can Truss travel to Wells and then proclaim that Charles shall be passed over in favor of Anne, declaring it necessary for “the greater good”.
Would be so good.
Seriously, she would be so much better at this, Charles and Trudeau can get their toys and go play in the garden trying to grow enough food without fertilizer.
Both are clowns, why not.?
Charles automatically became King the moment Queen Elizabeth passed away, there is no ‘passing over’, no choice, no voting or popularity contest – Charles is King. Anne, although Princess Royal, is pretty much out of the line of succession (15th) – you’d have to go through all of the male heirs before you get to Anne, unfortunately.
Where there is a will there is a way.
Can’t hurt to dream
“For the greater good”, Hot Fuzz
I would advise against thinking along those lines, or dreaming of a ‘way’ as you will quickly realise that Prince Andrew and the husband of the wicked witch of the west coast are before Anne in the succession, which is too awful a thought to contemplate.
Details on the Truss proposal from The Daily Mail:Online:
Energy bills will be capped at a typical £2,500 for households from October 1 for two years
Expect Putin to have a say in fracking in the UK.
How fracking was killed by Green lies and Russian propaganda
https://bit.ly/3hCS9qt
2019
Matt Ridley
“…The Centre for European Studies found that the Russian government has invested $95 million in NGOs campaigning against shale gas. Russia Today television ran endless anti-fracking stories, including one that “frackers are the moral equivalent of paedophiles”. The US Director of National Intelligence stated that “RT runs anti-fracking programming … reflective of the Russian Government’s concern about the impact of fracking and US natural gas production on the global energy market and the potential challenges to Gazprom’s profitability.” Pro-Russian politicians such as Lord Truscott (married to a Russian army colonel’s daughter) made speeches in parliament against fracking.
As night follows day, Tory politicians lost courage and slipped into neutrality then opposition.
And, here.
Report Reveals Russia Is Behind Green Energy Propaganda – “Russian Dark Money Funded Green Groups in the West”
4/6/22
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/report-unveils-russia-behind-green-energy-propaganda-russian-dark-money-funded-green-groups-west/?
There will never be fracking in the U.K., the country is politically and intellectually incapable of such a rational energy step.
If all the investment into renewables – or even half if it – had gone instead into development and rollout of advanced (including fast-breeder) modular fission reactors, then the west would have no vulnerability to blackmail – or retaliation to NATO aggression – based on hydrocarbon supply.
As it is though, we went for wind, solar and fusion and we now have our trousers around our ankles.
Durachki
As US Cultural Ambassador Anton Chigur once said:
“If the rule you lived by brought you to this – of what use was the rule?”