{"id":6502,"date":"2024-04-02T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facts4eu.com\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2024-04-02T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:40:00","slug":"rishis-rush-to-net-zero-part-ii-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facts4eu.com\/2024\/04\/02\/rishis-rush-to-net-zero-part-ii-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi\u2019s rush to Net Zero &#8211; Part II &#8211; Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"109.82068245125\">\n                                <a name=\"body\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The breathtaking fall in traditional UK electricity generation<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/rishi_zero.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\"><\/p>\n<p>Montage \u00a9 Facts4EU.Org 2024<\/p>\n<h3>Facts4EU.Org looks at the risks involved in this plunge into total reliance on renewables to keep the lights on<\/h3>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/news\/2024_apr_zero_sum_game_ptI\" target=\"_blank\">Part I yesterday<\/a> (Easter Monday, 2024) we showed how there has been no let-up in Rishi Sunak\u2019s rush to Net Zero. Despite Govt claims, UK is still hurtling to Net Zero faster than any country in the world.<\/p>\n<p>In Part II today we delve further into the figures and reveal the simply jaw-dropping fall in UK greenhouse gas emissions for generating electricity. <b>The fall from 1990 to 2023 has been an astonishing 78.4%.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This in turn begs the question of just how secure our supply of electricity will be and whether the lights will be able to stay on when renewables simply can&#8217;t produce enough power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"facts4eu-summary-red\" readability=\"13\">\n<h3>Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary<\/h3>\n<p>UK greenhouse gas emissions for electricity production, 1990-2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/net_zero_20240401_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/net_zero_20240401_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2024 &#8211; click to enlarge<\/p>\n<p>[Source : UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 28 Mar 2024.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Comparisons with the EU and the world<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/news\/2024_apr_zero_sum_game_ptI\" target=\"_blank\">As with the data in Part I<\/a>, in order to make comparisons with the EU27 and the entire world, we have to turn to data from OWID (Oxford University) which runs from 1990 to 2021, rather than the the UK Government&#8217;s more up-to-date data from 1990 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>And just as in <a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/news\/2024_apr_zero_sum_game_ptI\" target=\"_blank\">Part I<\/a>, in order to take out distortions from countries with large populations, we are showing <b>per capita results<\/b> to provide a more balanced view.<\/p>\n<div class=\"facts4eu-summary-red\" readability=\"16\">\n<h3>Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary<\/h3>\n<p>EU and world greenhouse gas emissions for electricity production, 1990-2021<\/p>\n<p>PER CAPITA &#8211; Adjusted for population size<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UK : -77%<\/li>\n<li>\nEU27 : -34%<\/li>\n<li>\nWorld :  -3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/net_zero_20240401_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/net_zero_20240401_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2024 &#8211; click to enlarge<\/p>\n<p>[Sources : OWID (Oxford University | ONS population data | Dept for Energy Security and Net Zero, 28 Mar 2024.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As can be seen, the UK&#8217;s plunge has been considerably in excess of those achieved by the EU27 or by the entire world. Some may welcome this, but in our \u2018Observations\u2019 below we raise some important questions about this.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.816851664985\">\n<h3 class=\"uppercase\">Observations<\/h3>\n<p>None of us &#8211; apart from a tiny number of extreme eco-warriors &#8211; can imagine a world where we don&#8217;t take the constant availability of reliable electricity for granted. Older readers will remember the 1970s when we had a three-day week and when electricity was rationed to certain periods during the day. One of the Facts4EU.Org team recalls having to do his homework by candlelight. This is not a world which anyone would want to go back to.<\/p>\n<p>The plunge in the production of electricity generated by what might be called conventional means raises some serious questions.<\/p>\n<p>The questions are these :-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How is it possible to reduce our traditional way of generating electricity by so much, so quickly, without risking blackouts?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tAre some of the reliable experts right when they say we will not have a sufficient amount of electricity generated from renewables by 2035?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tWhat happens if the sun doesn&#8217;t shine and the wind doesn&#8217;t blow?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tWhat happens if foreign suppliers of electricity by undersea cables simply cut off our supply because of their own needs?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tBy how much are our electricity bills going to rise even further than they already have?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tExactly how much has the replacement of traditional electricity production cost us so far, and how much more will it cost?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tFinally, with the percentage dropping by another 5% in 2023, what happened to Mr Sunak&#8217;s promise to slow down?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To those questions we remind readers of the additional questions we asked in <a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/news\/2024_apr_zero_sum_game_ptI\" target=\"_blank\">Part I<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When did we ever vote to have a single issue dominate our lives in such a way?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tWho decided all of this?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tWhere is the cost benefit analysis promised by the Government?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tJust how much is all this costing us already and by how much will it increase further?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tHow indebted will we, our children, and our grandchildren be as a result of the rush to Net Zero?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tWhat about the greenhouse emissions from all the energy and products we now import?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tHave we simply exported our carbon emissions to other countries around the globe with less scruples?<\/li>\n<li>\n\tFinally, why is the UK, a tiny emitter of greenhouse gases, in the vanguard of the world when it will make almost no difference to the planet what we do?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are not experts in the climate change debate \u2013 our focus has mainly been on what the EU is NOT doing, but we have a healthy concern that the UK &#8211; previously energy self-sufficient \u2013 will soon find itself unable to provide basic energy sources for electricity generation and other energy needs.<\/p>\n<p>We must get reports like this out there<\/p>\n<p>Reports like the one above take far longer to research, write and produce than many people realise. 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