![]() Oil and gas still provide the lion’s share of the country’s overall mix and will continue to contribute well into the future. If we “ just stop oil” then we will just end up importing it from somewhere else, such as the Gulf or even Russia. Politicians know this, and yet they continue to burnish their green credentials rather than acknowledge the reality of our energy vulnerability. Yet the targets that have been set by the Government for achieving net zero emissions are both unattainable and hypocritical since we will always need gas and oil as backups on windless days. ![]() ![]() On both occasions they found spectators hostile to their antics, not because people don’t care about the issue but because everyone knows that the UK has done more to decarbonise than almost any other industrialised country. Climate change zealots belonging to the organisation Just Stop Oil sought to disrupt the premiership rugby final at Twickenham on Saturday, just a few days after staging a similar stunt at the Chelsea Flower Show. ![]()
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