Green anger as ministers promise new gas power plants ‘to avoid blackouts’
Green anger as ministers promise new gas power plants ‘to avoid blackouts’
Rishi says gas is needed to let UK hit its net zero goals in a “sustainable way that doesn’t leave people without energy on a cloudy, windless day”.
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'The Government did not give any details about when or where the power stations would be built.'
This is the important bit. As frustrating as these 'commitments' are there's no guarantee they'll even happen.
...because it's courting the anti-green vote. Since the Ruislip result they think being anti-green will save them. Thing is, most people support being able to breathe clean air.
Or it's an announcement: Fuck you, we are doing it anyway and we don't care about telling you where, when, how, much it cost, or who is profiting.
Maybe. Given this governments track record I only believe something is going to happen when it actually does, not when it's revealed, committed, unveiled, pledged or otherwise. We'll see I guess.
Sure. I'm an American looking in from the outside and it just... seems like something Sunak would do given his track record.
He's also next to useless though. I'm sure he'll try and do it but whether he'll succeed is another question entirely.
When he comes up against a roadblock he often just gives up. I suppose is a benefit in some way