I agree but you’d be surprised how many “independent energy experts” over on X quite seriously say that coal powers stations are the only option to “keep the lights on”.

This was very good.

Your piece with the BBC on More or Less is being widely touted by UK based climate change skeptics on X as a kind of “gotcha” moment. Doesn’t seem like it could be what they’re making it out to be.

A guess a concrete example would help. Did he give one?

There may not be a Conservative party at Xmas for you to leave or at least it will have morphed into Reform.

Somehow I thought not.

Interesting discussion. The paper made me think that UKs current approach to energy policy is…about right or at least righter than anything we had in the decade from 2015. Do you agree @mliebreich.bsky.social.

You should check this out (if you can stand it) she wants to bring back coal power (but did mention where it might come from x.com/unprecedente...

7-8 minutes doesn’t seem long enough on this subject.

I don’t think that’s quite correct or at least not so far as the Subsidy Advice Unit at the CMA are concerned www.gov.uk/cma-cases/re...

Ok - a huge electrification initiative- like EV grants and grants for heat pumps? A 2030 clean power target? All hated by the Telegraph.

Just on the point about decarbonisation of electricity. There doesn’t seem to be much difference between what you say and what the UK government is saying. But for the Telegraph etc. the government’s approach is close to heresy.