Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today’s issues and tomorrow’s problems
http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/
Imports galore
The combination of belonging to the EU until 2020 and adopting strange accounting practises for attributing carbon has left us in permanent balance of trade deficit in goods with the EU. Taking responsibility for CO 2 generated here by producing fossil fuels or industrial products from fossil fuels, but accepting...Read More »
Which technologies could replace our fossil fuel driven economy?
With most people relying on fossil fuel for vans and cars, deliveries, holiday travel and heating and with most industry using gas coal and oil for its factories and processes, shifting from fossil fuels requires an enormous investment and change.
Net zero enthusiasts regularly tell us a huge increase in wind...Read More »
Expanding the grid
To get to net zero the Uk would have to shift most people away from petrol and diesel and aviation spirit to electric transport , shift most away from fossil fuel to electric heating ,and eliminate most fossil fuel use by business. This would require quadrupling the grid capacity and...Read More »
My Interview with Talk TV about the Bank and inflation
I gave an interview yesterday to Talk tv about Bank of England monetary policy.
I called for an urgent review of their economic model and forecasts. The Bank has admitted its forecasts have been wrong on inflation for sometime but have announced a long winded review of what to do about...Read More »
Competition is good for many public services
We have discussed the strange agreement in much public debate that there are a defined number of public services which need to be in public ownership or control owing to their importance to our lives. These include the obvious ones of health and education, where it is a generally agreed...Read More »