The drive for green energy is really a push for energy security and for lower prices overall. We don’t want oil from rich Arab states or gas from Russia, for instance. This is the practical reality also of being shifted out because such states are moving on. We’re going to be out of the game at some point anyway, and we’re not in big league politics anymore.
“The government is investing in renewable and nuclear energy to get the UK off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel prices and onto clean, homegrown power it controls, protecting the British people and building a system that can bring down bills for good.”
However, the homegrown industry being developed principally by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is a jobs growth initiative and an infrastructure bonanza. It’s not the supermarket sweep for cheaper pricing structures that we so desperately need. It’s not just a lack of focus, it’s a lack of direction. If the Secretary of State doesn’t pick it up, we’ll all be the poorer for it.