Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Net Zero Questions (from Hong Kong)

Dear BBC,

You asked for questions. Here you are : 

1. Why does Britain commit itself to a policy, Net Zero, that will impoverish the poorest British, for a CO2 reduction of 0.00002% at most? (OBR figures). Why is such a tiny change, for such a massive price, not discussed more?

2. You, the U.K. government, are willing to see the car industry in the U.K. destroyed? For alleged "green jobs" that somehow never seem to materialise? (There are vanishingly few in solar and wind once the facilities are built.There are no EV manufacturing jobs, at least in the U.K.)

3. Why is China never mentioned? It has CO2 emissions 47% higher than the US and the EU combined. While U.K., EU and US emissions have been declining, China's are on a steep upward trajectory. Warming is a global problem. Why is it being treated, in the U.K., at a national level, ignoring the Brobdingnagian elephant in the room?

"There are no solutions, only trade offs" — Thomas Sowell. 

Net Zero is a "solution" with no trade-offs. 

It should be abandoned. 

Peter Forsythe
Hong Kong
+852 9308 0799

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