Economist Vicky Pryce says we may be 'relying more on fossil fuels in the short term' but the energy strategy has plans for 'moving to more renewables faster than originally assumed' DailyClimateShow 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
According to Ed Matthew, from green think tank E3G, the plan unveiled today"isn't an energy security strategy... it is a national security threat and the person who will be happiest with it is Vladimir Putin."
But the fuels from new sites would take several to tens of years to come on stream, and be sold on international markets to the highest bidder, thus"doing nothing" to improve the cost of living, Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin from energy think tank ECIU told Sky News. Existing renewable energy sources have already somewhat sheltered consumers from bill increases driven by the gas crisis."The UK will need green hydrogen to decarbonise sectors that are difficult to electrify including heavy transport, heating and industry," said Prof Peter Childs from the Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College London.
The phrase"Lancashire is not Texas" has emerged, referring to the UK's limited supply and the fact sites would be very close to towns, with the process very unpopular among members of the public.
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