The UK’s Net Zero Disaster Is ‘Climate Virtue’ Wrapped In ‘Economic Self-Harm’
Household bills soar and factories move offshore while Ed Miliband chases rainbows and unicorns.
by Kathryn Porter September 15, 2025, 1:53 PM
Economic self-harm disguised as climate virtue is how I would characterise the UK’s energy policy. It is now well established that we have the highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world and the fourth highest domestic prices. [emphasis, links added]
This hurts households with crippling bills. It damages the industry by driving factories offshore. And it harms the planet, because deindustrialization pushes production to countries with dirtier energy, and we incur additional emissions when they ship goods to Britain that were previously made here.
And for what? The UK accounts for less than one percent of global emissions. Exporting jobs and importing emissions helps no one.
In fact, it makes everything worse – the huge sacrifices we are making in the name of net zero actually increase global emissions, even if domestic emissions appear lower.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/uk-net-zero-disaster-climate-economic-self-harm/
