I Tories si impegnano a far uscire tutto il petrolio e il gas dal Mare del Nord
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp890n51684o
di cennep44
I Tories si impegnano a far uscire tutto il petrolio e il gas dal Mare del Nord
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp890n51684o
di cennep44
4 commenti
Why are these idiots pandering to the loud and stupid few rather than the quiet majority?
And it wouldn’t bring our bills down one bit….. stop with the bullshit please.
Seeing the way the political discussion on net zero is being twisted genuinely makes me feel pretty nauseous.
The majority of the British public support the UKs net zero pledge, last year it was at almost 75% of the public supporting it. Including the majority of conservative voters.
[https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/labour-support-clear-reform-yougov-b2595090.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/labour-support-clear-reform-yougov-b2595090.html)
This was a politically solved issue with both the public and main political parties all supporting it.
And now all of a sudden I guess some oil and gas lobbyists have showed up with a truckload of “party donations” and suddenly it’s a contentious issue again. It’s certainly not coming from the voters, the majority of the public, including conservatives, still support it as recently as March.
[https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2025/03/18/c4b0f/1](https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2025/03/18/c4b0f/1)
The British public have not been asking for it, but it sure seems like we’re increasingly being told that we should be asking for it.
This is surely the right thing to do. The government’s policy on this is schizophrenic, on the one hand saying it’s bad for the climate, on the other, pressing ahead with a new Heathrow runway for increased air travel to drive ‘growth’. Those planes will all be powered with fossil fuels.
The oil and gas industry supports a lot of highly skilled and well paid British jobs. We will continue to be using oil and gas in the UK and Europe for decades to come. Whether in the form of energy or revenue, this is a precious resource which it makes no sense to leave in the ground when we can benefit from it. If we or our European allies aren’t buying it from the UK then they’ll be buying it from the likes of Russia, middle eastern regimes or an increasingly undependable United States.
The UK finances are not in a good place and we don’t have the luxury of choosing not to maximise every form of income we can get our hands on.