Labour’s Promise Of 60% Low Carbon Energy By 2030

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By Paul Homewood

h/t Robin Guenier

Robin has pointed out one of the key messages from Labour’s new manifesto which seems to have escaped the attentions of the media.

It comes under the section “Upgrading our economy: Labour’s Industrial Strategy”:

Bear in mind that this is “energy”, and not “electricity” they are talking about. And electricity only accounts for about a quarter of total energy consumption.

Last year zero carbon sources still only accounted for 17% of the UK’s energy, and half of this came from nuclear, which is unlikely to increase by 2030, even if Hinkley Point ever gets built.

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There is also a limit to how far we can push the use of biofuels. Despite billions in subsidies, wind and solar still account for less than 2%.

Increasing electricity from renewable sources can only have a marginal effect. To get anywhere the Labour target, there would need to be massive cuts in the use of oil and gas across the industry, transport and domestic sectors.

Naturally, they don’t tell us how they will do this!