Energy
Net Zero is Crippling our Economy
Net Zero is pushing up bills, damaging British industries like steel, and making us less secure. We can protect our environment with more tree planting, more recycling and less single use plastics. New technology will help, but we must not impoverish ourselves in pursuit of unaffordable, unachievable global CO2 targets.
CRITICAL REFORMS NEEDED IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS:
Scrap Net Zero and Related Subsidies
Ditching Net Zero could save the public sector over £30 billion per year for the next 25 years.
Scrap Annual £10 Billion of Renewable Energy
Subsidies
Achieve this through equivalent taxes on them.
Renewables are not cheaper. Our bills have increased dramatically in line with the huge increase in renewables capacity over the last 15 years.
Cheap, Secure Energy for Britain
Start fast-track licences of North Sea gas and oil.
Grant shale gas licences on test sites for 2 years.
Enable major production when safety is proven,
with local compensation schemes.
THEREAFTER
Cleaner Energy from New Technology
Fast-track clean nuclear energy with new Small
Modular Reactors, built in Britain. Increase and
incentivise ethical UK lithium mining for electric
batteries, combined cycle gas turbines, clean
synthetic fuel, tidal power and explore clean
coal mining.