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Peter Brown's avatar

This article alone was worth my yearly subsciption cost. No doubt most 'reporting' on this will merely amplify elements of the farce. Thanks for the beautifully wordsmithed look behind the curtain.

It is truely frightening to think these leaders are true believers of the Church of Carbon. Their seeming delusion must be a power calculation, cynicism, control..... all bizarre but somehow less frightening.

Of course at this point for Britian is might not matter- as the witching hour is upon them.

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Doomberg's avatar

Thank you!

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Paleocat's avatar

Energy Secretary Wright's energy day message. Spoiler alert... Wright warns clean energy tax credits are a 'big mistake'.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6371790781112

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Paleocat's avatar

I think Miliband should be crowned "The Rat King". Long live the King! If this was happening in the US the title would be "Rat Czar" and no coronation.

When I read the title for this article I was thinking about the 1960's sitcom Mr. Ed - the talking Horse. You know. "A horse is a horse, of course of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course...". . . OK, I think its time for my afternoon Back Porch Tea.

For those of us that enjoy pain. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsuohepbVk

I really believe Mr. Ed could do a better job than Miliband. Actually, a drunk duck could effectively replace both Miliband and Starmer (apologies to our UK readers - I suspect they have similar comments concerning Trump). Doomy, I really don't know what to say about the UK and EU with their governments driving over a hundred miles per hour towards the energy cliff. You would think that the adults could realize what is painfully obvious. I guess not. I believe if the Dems had won the last election, we would find ourselves in a similar quagmire pretty quickly. I genuinely feel sorry for the residents of the UK. I believe they really don't understand what there leadership is doing.

However, if it wasn't for the UK leadership insanity, Doomy, you would have to write about tariffs and I am sick of hearing about tariffs. Doomy, this was a good essay and makes me thankful for where I live.

FWIW, the Great State of Texas is passing legislation to put us on the nuclear wagon train. We don't need no stinkin' wind turbines.

https://edireland.substack.com/p/texas-house-approves-nuclear-power

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Doomberg's avatar

Thanks for the link!

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Doomberg's avatar

Seriously

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Jeremy McKeown's avatar

The West gave up on solar panel manufacturing over a decade ago for a reason.

The clowns running this country played student politics with the UK's globally insignificant remaining steel manufacturing outpost last week. Now, literally at least a decade too late, they are clutching their pearls at the reality of how China is daily running rings round us when it comes to making almost anything required to be a secure nation state.

Why is this? What is the underlying cause? The problems they are trying to fix, were, as ever caused by policies put in place trying to fix another problem. What was this underlying problem?

The answer is, the deluded absurdity that net zero can be achieved cost free. It cannot and it's not difficult to understand why.

If this government really does want economic growth, this delusion must be honestly confronted and the trade offs involved explained. Choices can then be made based on the costs involved, not religious belief.

There are no solutions to these issues, there are only trade offs. The electorate knows this, yet our political class still proudly displays its detachment from reality, never missing the opportunity to virtue signal the worthiness of its intentions always ignoring the nature of the underlying problem while obfuscating the costs involved.

This complete lack of self awareness displayed by people like Ed Milliband creates an open goal for the populists at Reform.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/5b0caf71-ea59-4b05-aa4d-1c6d4bd45dc7?shareToken=a3d3620c0ca2ea184432603fc4a43145

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Gregg S's avatar

Thanks! Another great case study of the real-world consequences of destroying your national economy to satisfy the dogma of Greta Van Thunberg.

It was very charitable of you to offer Miliband a choice of options to quit destroying the economy and possibly add some value instead. I do suspect your second option (trash collection) would have the best result…

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Kevin Pitts's avatar

And let me guess: all of these schmendricks went to Oxford and Cambridge….

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Howard Scott's avatar

Ever wondered what’s driving Ed?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Thornton

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Doomberg's avatar

Power couple

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Jimbo's avatar

You have upset me again by reminding me that I live in this country run by a bunch of economically illiterate politicians and Miliband is top of the heap. Back to my wine and counting my gold in case I have to bale out.

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Doomberg's avatar

Wine and gold ✔️

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Dave's avatar

So thats the face of stupidity.

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Doomberg's avatar

One of them yeah

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Brett Stephens's avatar

Fun fact: China is the worlds largest producer, consumer and importer of coal, a rare trifecta. 25 per cent of the worlds coal is produced in China and 50 per cent is consumed in China.

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Doomberg's avatar

It’s more like 55% produced 58% consumed I believe

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Brett Stephens's avatar

You're right. My bad. They produce more than half and still account for one third of global imports.

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Richard Myers's avatar

Interesting if some what shortsighted .

The Uk hasn’t had a functional steel industry I mean profitable since I got my first real job in 1976. Reason no shipbuilding built out railway system and deminishing car production way before they closed their last coal fired power station. That last last year . There is no coal mining in the UK they imported polish coal for about 10 years as UK coal was too expensive labor and deep mining issued beset the industry. Reads like some one saying successful countries burn coal and UK politics are too woke fir their own good .

If only it were that simple . Felt good to think about the old place for a few minutes .

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Doomberg's avatar

Successful countries burn coal and UK politics are too woke for their own good. It is that simple.

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Walker's avatar

Just when I thought the British Empire could fall no further.

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Doomberg's avatar

There’s still plenty of downside left.

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Michael Greenberg's avatar

The phrase "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation" is attributed to Adam Smith. He reportedly said this in response to concerns about Britain's prospects after the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777, calmly remarking, “There is a great deal of ruin in a nation”

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Ross McCrady's avatar

This may offer Cdn steel companies away around tariffs, for every cloud……

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Doomberg's avatar

Ha

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Justin Frank's avatar

The UK is completely cooked. And based on some (very) recent 180-degree turns on some of their social policies, it seems that some in their government may be realizing this. BTW - there is a whole sub-genre on YouTube now of people who are leaving (or who have left) the UK. Very eye opening and honestly a bit depressing.

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Doomberg's avatar

I’ve seen a few such videos

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Todd Royal's avatar

I was deeply hoping for a Church of Carbon™ quote somehow woven into the narrative. I would like to suggest you venture into the Lone Start State and reveal the folly and ridiculous nature of how renewables backed by ERCOT and the PUTC along with previous Governors and Legislators have wrecked the Texas grid. Folly isn't the sole possession of California or England. Red Texas has also fallen for the renewable nonsense. Simply an idea for an upcoming piece. The Church of Carbon™ is powerful but the Folly of Renewables (trademark pending) is equally seductive. As always, keep up the great work and thank you for the Hydrocarbon University presentation recently.

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Doomberg's avatar

All single-party states eventually drown in grift. Texas is a single-party state.

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