It's hard to know exactly when it happened. Looking back on those years, when we were worried about aerosol cans and global warming, it was almost impossible to see our transformation. [emphasis, links added]
When did we move from relatively legitimate concerns about polar bears on Arctic ice floes and an adult responsibility to pollute the planet less and protect it more to one Blind panic about something we know very little about?
There was a time when joining hippie causes like Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace would elicit a laugh at the Sunday lunch table.
Those who do this are seen as idealistic weirdos, a status they quickly grow out of. Well, look around because now they've taken over.
Educated fanatics now happily accept long prison terms as punishment for increasingly destructive acts of civil disobedience Whether it’s “Stop Oil” or “Extinction Rebellion.”
They are no longer weirdos. They are extremists through and through. Of course, they now have their own advocates in the mainstream world of media and politics.
If Greta Thunberg was the willful, bratty child of the climate movement, she's starting to shake it off, Ed Miliband is a crazy uncle who loves flying around the world trying to impress everyone with his secret knowledge that everything will burn to the ground.
This week, Red Ed will host COP29 in the oil-rich capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. He has been busy explaining his goals to fans on social media.
“Back in 2008,” he quipped on X, “dark knight It was at the top of the box office, and I was a fresh-faced Secretary of Energy.
“Now I'm back as Batman.”
Well, not quite Mr Miliband. You're less Batman and more like the Joker – hopelessly fighting the wrong corners and selling a message that most Britons now understand.
If the Joker is a delusional psychopath hell-bent on destroying Gotham, what about the man with two kitchens who can barely eat a bacon sandwich?
Let's face it, back in 2008 Miliband was encouraging us all to drive diesel cars because they were more environmentally friendly. What was the result? Now the news is equally ridiculous. He talks about better jobs, lower energy bills and more growth.
But none of these things are true. From a government funding perspective, they are also unlikely to become a reality.
At this point, we have to ask a question—— Is Ed Miliband a liar or a fool? There seems to be no third option. Some will tell you he's probably a little bit of both.
On the one hand, he says we must do away with gas boilers, limit gasoline vehicles, and encourage people to use less electricity. But then he claimed that none of this would affect our lives.
Miliband's Green fantasy has flourished under Sir Keir Starmer. In Baku, the Prime Minister pledged to reduce UK carbon emissions by 81% within 10 years. No one believed this was possible.
He talks about creating a clean energy superpower on these shores that will lead the world in the industrial sectors of the future. Baku is indeed moving into the future. The problem is that no one believes him.
Climate scientists acknowledge that this level of reduction is only possible if we stop eating so much red meat and dairy. If we stopped traveling so much.
Just this month we learned a new word to describe that annual autumnal calm in the winds around the UK. Hailing from Germany, it describes a type of dreary, windless weather that renders onshore and offshore wind farms virtually useless.
dark calm So far, much of October and November has been plaguing the National Grid. result, We are more reliant than ever on fossil fuels to power our country.
Additionally, just this week Ofgem approved a growing number of submarine cable connections to mainland Europe – ensuring that the UK will continue to be increasingly dependent on foreign energy sources.
Starmer has promised to freeze energy prices if he is elected Prime Minister. But that didn't happen, on the contrary, Energy prices are rising again. No new jobs are coming, green or otherwise.
Treasury's insistence on balancing books means Employers will pay more and more just to keep running their businesses.
At last count, 400 private jets were parked on the runway in Baku, waiting to fly back to a world that cannot afford a green revolution but continues to press for one.
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