"America’s inevitable turn away from its climate commitments will pave the way for Britain"
Telegraph: 10th November 2024: Annabel Denham considers what Trump's success could mean for both the USA's and UK's future climate and energy policies.
"...In Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the eco-establishment had perhaps their greatest net zero allies. Biden’s $1 trillion (£770bn) Inflation Reduction Act was nothing more than a big green giveaway, with the president himself admitting it had “less to do with reducing inflation than dealing with providing alternatives that generate economic growth”.
And Kamala would’ve taken it further: she wanted to ban fracking, and was so in favour of the Green New Deal when she signed up to be a co-sponsor of it that she was willing to kill a senate filibuster to see it enacted.
Instead, the man who wants to quit the Paris Agreement and once called efforts to boost green energy a “scam” has clinched the popular vote... No wonder some green activists are “heartbroken”: Mr Trump could be about to expose the conceit at the heart of their crusade. For years we have been fed the myth that the only way for our advanced economy to mitigate climate change is with more austere lifestyles...
...Last month, the Climate Change Committee quango said our meat and dairy consumption would need to be halved by 2050 to meet net zero. Last week, the Institute For Fiscal Studies said green levies on energy bills would need to rise by an extra £120 per household to sustain Miliband’s agenda...
...It’s not moral to legislate privations on the masses. It’s not honest to pretend the only way to reduce emissions is by ignoring economic and technological reality, and kneecapping what’s left of our manufacturing base... And it’s not reasonable to plough ahead with command-and-control targets, bans and regulations which will hit those on lowest incomes hardest.
Whatever your views on Donald Trump, a defeat for the green mob is a triumph for humanity..."
PopCon says: In a PopCon Opinion Panel Survey undertaken in July 2024, 78% of Conservative Party members questioned wanted to see the UK scrap Net Zero Targets [see results here].