Essay by Eric Worrall
Britain stands on the brink of a self inflicted green economic catastrophe. But British kids are being indoctrinated to go harder on climate action.
‘Young people have a responsibility on climate change’
Sophie Parker
Sat 19 September 2026 at 12:05 am AESTA sixth former says young people have a “responsibility as the new generation” and a “chance to make a real difference” when it comes to climate change.
Jed from Royal Wootton Bassett Academy was one of many students from two Wiltshire schools to share his thoughts at the Sustain Britain Schools Conference 2026.
While Anna, a student at Malmesbury school said it is a “very big worry” and “quite frustrating because it just feels like not enough action is being taken”.
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The conference was started by Sustain Britain after it realised last year it did not have anybody under 35 attending their usual event.
Jed added: “In the future we are the people that uphold the environment and we may have picked up some bad habits from the people that we’ve got it from”.
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Malmesbury School geography teacher Sarah Blackburn explained that she would be taking some of what was said in the conference back to her lessons, which already include climate change.
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Read more: https://au.news.yahoo.com/teens-describe-hopes-fears-over-113330185.html
Back in the real world, renewables and climate policy have done nothing to help British energy security.
British Gas boss warns UK at risk of winter fuel shortage ‘with almost no gas in storage’
Athena Stavrou
Thu, 27 August 2026 at 11:37 PM AESTBritain has “almost no gas in storage in the UK for the coming winter”, the boss of British Gas’s owner has said as the UK risks facing a fuel shortage this winter.
The chief executive of Centrica, Chris O’Shea, said “time is rapidly running out” as winter approaches, in what he called a “huge concern” for energy and national security.
It comes as households across Britain already face skyrocketing bills, as the impact of Donald Trump’s war on Iran continues to hit energy prices.
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Read more: https://nz.news.yahoo.com/british-gas-boss-warns-uk-115554775.html
There is no legitimate reason for Britain to have a gas shortage – Britain is sitting on top of a lake of recoverable gas.
Climate change: Cuadrilla ordered to plug and abandon shale gas fracking wells in Lancashire
Cuadrilla claims England’s shale gas could alleviate the cost of living crisis. Critics say fracked gas would have little impact on energy bills and renewables are the way forward.
Victoria Seabrook
Climate reporter @SeabrookClimate
Thursday 10 February 2022 12:11, UKCuadrilla is to plug and abandon two shale gas wells in Lancashire following orders from the government’s industry regulator, it confirmed in a statement.
Cuadrilla’s parent company AJ Lucas said the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) had ordered it to permanently seal the two shale gas wells drilled at the Preston New Road (PNR) Lancashire shale exploration site.
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Cuadrilla claims shale gas from the North of England has the potential to meet the UK’s energy needs and alleviate the cost of living crisis, as well as create jobs and aid levelling up.
Analysts and green campaigners say because gas is globally traded, meaning it is sold to the highest bidder, it is unlikely to help the UK.
Cuadrilla’s chief executive officer, Francis Egan, said he thought the decision had not “been properly thought through”.
“Leaving our own shale gas in the ground will make reducing global emissions even harder,” he said. “Emissions from importing gas are far higher than those from home-produced shale gas.”
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Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/climate-change-cuadrilla-ordered-to-plug-and-abandon-shale-gas-fracking-wells-in-lancashire-12538040
Britain has also recently made North Sea gas extraction more difficult, to the point it is likely no longer economically viable.
Lack of energy security is flowing through into industry.
Britain ‘faces deindustrialisation’ without relief from high energy prices, survey warns
Make UK says manufacturers’ feedback shows sector at risk of collapse as it calls on Treasury to take action
Phillip Inman
Mon 15 Jun 2026 15.00 AESTBritain’s industrial sector is at risk of collapse as thousands of companies warn that they could face bankruptcy within the next year because of high energy prices, according to an industry survey.
The manufacturers’ body Make UK said the latest feedback from its members found that many would not be able to cope for much longer with energy costs that were twice the average in continental Europe and four times higher than in the US.
A survey revealed that a quarter of manufacturing companies either planned to move their production overseas or had already done so, while one in 10 companies believed it was likely or very likely they would be insolvent within the next 12 months.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/15/britain-faces-deindustrialisation-relief-energy-prices-survey-make-uk
The market has noticed the British economy is in severe difficulties.
UK pays highest borrowing cost since 1998 at gilt sale
Thirty-year gilts priced at a yield of 5.82%, underscoring pressure on public finances from global bond sell-off
Ian Smith in London
PublishedSEP 8 2026
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https://www.ft.com/content/b23151c3-b4c1-4f96-a801-f3507d907cc7?syn-25a6b1a6=1The UK has paid the highest borrowing cost on a sale of its debt in almost three decades, as the global bond sell-off intensifies the pressure on public finances ahead of a crunch Budget. A £4bn sale of 30-year debt on Tuesday was priced at a yield of 5.82 per cent, the UK Debt Management Office said, the highest interest rate on any gilt issuance since the DMO’s creation in 1998. “The success of the transaction, notwithstanding a volatile market environment, provides further demonstration of the ongoing strength and depth of the gilt market and the valuable support from its participants for our financing programme,” said Jessica Pulay, the DMO’s chief executive.
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The UK’s 10-year borrowing costs, which are the more closely watched indicator, are the highest in the G7 at 5.2 per cent. The DMO has already paid its highest 10-year borrowing cost since 2008 earlier this year, after yields climbed.
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Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/b23151c3-b4c1-4f96-a801-f3507d907cc7?syn-25a6b1a6=1
But these poor kids have not been taught the real reason the British economy is in such a mess. When those kids leave school, they’ll vote for more of the same, and support politicians who want to crack down even harder. They will support more taxes on fossil fuel, and a continuation of the gas fracking moratorium. Because they’ve been taught it’s their job to complete the green revolution their parents are hesitating to progress, by educators who seem more interested in indoctrinating little climate warriors than preparing kids for life in the real world.
I apologise for the UK.
We are led by sheep who have reaffirmed their commitment to 100% net zero by 2050.
And who are trying to interfere in US elections by helping attack Russian diesel fuel
production ….. to keep high prices in USA…
paybacks are in the pipeline …
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/17/susan-kokinda-outlines-how-canada-and-europe-are-coordinating-to-manipulate-the-u-s-midterm-election-energy-edition/
The trade wars trump started? After all the aggressions against allies? The influencing of european elections?
Always the victims while attacking and hurting others. Never take any kind of responsibility.
Come on dude – this was always the monopol of your political spectrum.
Just because the other side started using the same underhanded strategies.
Remember the Cancellation of Romanian election, so a leftie can win,
the same procedure in France after Le Pen won the first round and the unprecedented miracle,
the massive partisan influence of Google and Facebook in favor of democrats,
the revolution in Ukraine and the following aggression of Europes against itself with the predictable backfiring of sanctions on Russia,
The January 6th nothingness(Norm McDonald tweet perfectly exposed the BS with a photo and a short comment on day),
Europes aggression against itself with gay energy
the blowing up of North Stream(“Thank you USA” – polish Minister Sikorski) then blaming Ukraine – and right after that Germany sending billions to the country that officially blew up the pipeline,
the forced vaccination and then calling the “deniers” perpetrators for infecting you with a virus you’ve got a vaccine for
– and it is always someone elses fault.
The climate, the Russians, the Nazis(except for the real Nazis in Ukraine)
atmospherical anomalies as soon as the green energy grid goes down.
I’d take the blunt and amateurish approach of kidnapping presidents and piracy over a fake ass NGO revolution any time of day as it is so obvious.
And about the ” always victim ” narrative –
Let me quote gay conservative Brandon Straka after he got a beating from the left: ” I’ve been attacked several times.
But every time the perpetrators knew its their fault.
This time I was attacked – and they blamed me for the attack(MiC rhetoric )”
You guys are instantly the victim as soon as any of your crazy demands is being rejected.
Why does Europe have tariffs on the US 😉
As expected. The same, lame, stale anti-Trumpisms.
I am laughing at you.
I think Trump is doing a fine job keeping prices high. He doesn’t need any help with that.
You will always have your colluuuusion 😉
You have already won the “boring twat” of the year. No need to keep going.
Sure, it has nothing to do with iran
I would say stop spouting russian propaganda but I know trump said that…so…stop spouting russian propaganda.
Ah, so your plan for energy security is neglect development of domestic resources and rely on religious lunatics and Russian oligarchs to deliver Britain’s energy security.
How is that working out for you?
Not what I said. But you defend
putinstrumps propaganda that ukraine is to blame for the high prices? Do you agree with bob and the link he posted?I don’t agree. Trump is right Ukraine bombing Russian refineries helped drive up prices. But why would anyone in their right mind want to rely on Russian refineries?
You obviously did not read the link .
And your TDS is severe .
Thanks for giving us more to laugh at !
“And your TDS is severe .” Along with 70% of the country….
Which country ?
Yours ?
Nope the US. He is toast and unless you live under a rock you can’t miss it. He is now the most unpopular president in modern history. Down there with Nixon. Polymarket has the Dems at 61% to take the senate and 92% to take the house. And it sits fair and square on the shoulders of one DJ Trump and his lying arse. I will finish the Ukraine Russia war on day one. I wont start any new wars. I will bring prices down. Lie, lie, lie. Bring on November 3.
https://polymarket.com/predictions/midterms
As I recall right up until the count started the odds were heavily in favour of Kamala Harris. So not exactly a reliable yardstick.
Then you recall wrong. They were never heavily in favour of anyone Eric. Maybe the odd poll may have leaned one way or another but the last election was always going to be close according to the polls and the betting odds.
In fact here are the odds for you…
Polymarket Donald Trump 58% Kamala Harris 42%
Date / 4 November 2024
538 / ABC News: As of 5 November 2024, their national polling tracker placed Harris at 48% and Trump at 47%.
The Economist: Their statistical model on 2 November 2024 gave Harris a slight 52% to 48% edge over Trump. [1, 2]
Nothing like the odds now.
I’m not sorry. The elites will be.
There have always been eager activists youths willing to speak solemn words about the crisis of their day. They have always been given undue attention by their elders, for their precious seriousness.
Happily most of their classmates think they are just tiresome prigs.
Also, as time and more knowledge bite, they will change their minds and hate those who misled them.
Yep. Just as that old truism observes –
“If you’re not a socialist at 20, you haven’t got a heart.”
If you’re still a socialist at 40, you haven’t got a brain.”
Are we talking about Greta, here?
Also, the youts in GB can be 100% successful in eliminating CO2 emissions (except for their own breath) and it won’t move the needle in atmospheric CO2 concentration.
It’s not just AGW they’re being taught. They are also being schooled in anti Democracy and Capitalism along with disdain for the family unit and nationalism. Meanwhile the parents sit back and allow it. And it’s not limited to the UK. It’s Marxism on the long march.
“It’s not just AGW they’re being taught…” Indeed.
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Islam loves the Marxist movements found in self-deprecating countries, the USA also among them. Islam steps into the resultant moral vacuum to defeat all its enemies without firing a shot.
The following interview (below link) is an hour long. All of us at WUWT would do well to see that this is the threat facing all humanity. Invest 10 minutes to decide if the rest is worth watching – it it. Advise Closed Captions On:
https://www.prageru.com/videos/daughter-of-a-jihadist-leader-explains-why-she-rejects-her-islamic?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_19696179&recent=false&utm_term=template_25826150
Here in America, it is the democrat party that promotes fear to control us.
From Fox News:
The nexus between the left and radical Islam is one of those inexplicably persistent features of our society. For example the Ayatollah won the Iranian Revolution because of support from leftists, who believed his promise to establish a socially liberal multi-party democracy. He had them all executed immediately afterwards of course.
I think that the current Western societies will disintegrate in the same way that previous ‘advanced’ societies disintegrated.
Hypocrisy, hubris, greed and disdain by the ‘elites’ for the ordinary folk off whom they live inevitably leads either to overthrow of the governing class by revolution, or more often than not, downfall through its own ineptitude.
I reckon the current ‘leaderships’ of the EU, UK, Canada, Australia and probably soon, also the USA will render these countries incapable of self-sustainability.
Crushing levels of debt & interest, unserviceable by populations that lack the capability, commitment or productivity to serve their nations will see the proles squawk and scream for “social justice”, forgetting that they were the ones who gleefully promoted & supported the social vandalism their leftist politicians inflicted.
They’re really positioning themselves as that appeaser who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
All regimes want to make sure the children believe so they give them indocrination to make that happen. Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, Ho ChiMinth and the rest are simply examples of the state doing that. The same process is going on in Iran and Saidi Arabia as well as in Palestine for that matter. Reality to the people in charge is whatever keeps them in charge. The UK is seeing the process first hand. The result is always dead bodies down the line.
The middle class kids go in for ‘youth organisations’ as activists of one sort or another. Some came through the UK youth parliament and ended up as Labour activists etc
Pre-school to university they indoctrinate backed by the BBC, media and the arts.
Ed Sheeran wants to play his music, they demand a political declaration on pain of cancellation.
A sixth former says… also known as the Guardian
Your descriptions sound like the Hitler Youth organization.
All whilst leaving the UK vulnerable to real enemy threats warns former head of MI6.
https://order-order.com/2026/09/18/former-mi6-chief-savages-british-net-zero-policy/
The very first life on Earth was likely a simple, self-replicating molecule or chemical reaction network—such as self-replicating RNA—rather than a full living cell.
Without climate change there would be no humans, reptiles or plants on this planet. Can’t call it earth because there would be no one to name it.
Without climate change everything is stagnant. Nothing would change.
Is anyone reading this greater than any God worshipped today? If so then you will be the only one to stop climate change.
The only ones that want change is the UN who want the coins (change) in their pockets.
The end of the world, catastrophes, all of them, have all been forecast for over 75 years, their due dates have come and gone, not a single one has happened, not a single one.
The lesson here is there is no stopping climate change, no slowing it down.
The UN had two choices.
1. adapt to climate change so everyone is comfortable which means everyone is healthy & wealthy. Problem – Adaption will cost billions of dollars per country.
2. sell the climate scare, make everyone pay which will enrich the rich by trillions of dollars from every country.
Who wants to pay billions rather than BE paid trillions?
So, do you want climate stopped just long enough for you to make it through or are you in for long run ? cause the long run is adaptation. Reversing climate change puts you back to that less than single cell floating around in nothing.
The choice is yours and yours alone. You make the decision, no one else, just you. It requires thinking so don’t pay attention to others not wanting you to think for yourselves.
Always ask yourself “Is the information I am getting all one sided or am I getting both sides.” Either way, check it out for yourselves using facts backed by real science”. If a fact has the words ‘May, might, can, scientists said so, a scientist found…Then everything you are reading is an opinion and that’s all, usually those opinions are backed with a paycheque for writing what you are reading.
[” If ‘a fact’ has the words ‘May, might, can, scientists said so, a scientist found…Then everything you are reading is an opinion and that’s all, usually those opinions are backed with a paycheque for writing what you are reading.”]
You absolutely nailed it.
It wasn’t climate change that caused evolution.
Would you rather have the Iranians possess one or more nuclear weapons?
Understand that, in their minuscule thinking, a (nuclear) bomb is worth nothing unless you use it. What good is it sitting around doing nothing? They place little value on human life, even the lives of their own people. As long as they serve Allah, they are doing the right thing—a very ivory tower way to deal with the world—serving mainly themselves and their blighted egos.
A short-term increase in fuel costs is minor compared to having religious madmen possessing nuclear weapons. Imagine how quickly they would change the (world) political situation.
BTW, the UK is short on natural gas totally by their own fault, employing political stupidity, denying reality and practicality, and lack of forethought.
After trumps attack they are now more likely to get nuclear weapons and they won’t accept any future deal close to what Obama got – why would they? Trump showed the word of the US means nothing.
Obama got played by the mullahs.
It is quite clear the Iranians would have possessed a nuclear weapon a lot sooner if were not for Trump’s attack.
Wow – 1st part correct then the usual nonsense.
The most remarkable feature of the JCPOA treaty was that China and Russia were part of it and fully backed it.On top of that an Iranian Fatwa against nuclear bomb development – probablythe safest nuclear deal that ever existed. (and the biggest mistake Iran ever made)
But it was not Trump who showed that the word of the USA means nothing.
It was Obama who never followed through on his part of the deal.
He just honored the basic stuff – that’s it.
It’s only that your political side is better at selling its crimes and lies.
Clinton was the first who violated the promise that NATO won’t extend an inch to the east if Germany is allowed to Unite.
Its American tradition break promises and the secret of her success.( except for the 1 time when Biden promised to take care of North Stream – and he did)
And Trump – well, he was 5 decades a democrat.
Can’t expect him to change – old dogs don’t learn new tricks.
Ah, kitty, again posting personal opinions as facts.
Can I borrow your crystal ball? I want to get the Powerball numbers.
Yes. Again I am laughing at you.
“Would you rather have the Iranians possess one or more nuclear weapons?”
Iran already has an atomic weapon. Untested, so no one knows if it works.
IAEA reports on the enriched uranium stockpiles support the conclusion that they have an atomic bomb.
US took out the heavy water processing facility via air strike.
How much plutonium and heavy water is in those underground facilities is unknown. Iran forbids IAEA inspections.
Iran has a delivery system (missile) capable of reaching London.
The scary part is the payload is maneuverable, making interception very difficult.
Some countries have nuclear weapons to counter the weapons of other countries, aka deterrence.
I find no plausible scenarios that conclude Iran is merely seeking deterrence.
I worked as a “septic” for seven years in the North Sea in the 80’s. Best folk I ever worked with. WTF has happened to GB?
As sad as it is may be it is time for Britain to go through winter with no gas. Fossil fuel has been propping up wind and solar long enough, it is time for everyone to see exactly how worthless they are. Children could be moved to areas with fossil fuel heat and power, adults will have to suffer through winter with their beloved wind and solar only.
You have to step up your game – russian fearmongering was far more funny
Or upon reaching adulthood, when they must earn a living, raise a family, and pay taxes, they realize they were badly misled by those they trusted in their youth.
Let’s hope they learn quickly, to minimise the damage.
Cut off the gas for teachers. Let them live what they preach.
Leftist climate activists frequently seem to believe they should retain privileged access because of the nobility of their cause.
If people, and not just Britons, insist on electing leftist governments, this is the type of one-sided indoctrination their kids are guaranteed to get. Mind you, if the kids learn and retain the climate propaganda as well as they do math, grammar, science, history, geography, etc. they’ll promptly forget about the climate crap as soon as they leave class and go about living normal lives.
While the UK actively block North Sea oil and domestic fracking, the US opened bidding on the lease of 689,000 acres in ANWR, the northern shore of Alaska. To very little fanfare or attention. This is the first of four major leasing initiatives embedded in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
A huge amount of deregulation and regulatory reform is streamlining the use of our native resources. The next frontier will be Greenland.