{"id":253485,"date":"2023-04-18T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253485"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:21:31","slug":"bidens-green-spending-blitz-could-plunge-world-into-dark-ages-warns-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253485","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s green spending blitz could plunge world into \u2018dark ages\u2019, warns Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0April 17, 2023 by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subsidising net zero type so-called climate policies in the US is not only enormously expensive but globally disruptive as well, it seems. Climate protection becoming climate protectionism?<\/em>
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Joe Biden\u2019s flagship green energy policy risks plunging the world into the economic \u201cdark ages\u201d, Jeremy Hunt has warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chancellor urged world leaders not to put up trade barriers after the US President passed a $369bn package of subsidies to support climate and energy businesses, reports The Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act has drawn an estimated $200bn in investment since it was passed last year, according to estimates from the Financial Times, and both the EU and Britain have been forced to draw up responses of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has sparked fears of a new era of protectionism, where economies are closely managed through tariffs and subsidies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Hunt said the British Government would provide \u201csome\u201d support for businesses to stop investment fleeing overseas but said it would be measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chancellor told Sky News: \u201cFirst of all it\u2019s wasteful to spend money subsidising factories that would have been built anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSecondly, when you take subsidies away, you can end up with a business that\u2019s not viable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we were to turn our backs on free trade, that will be a disaster for the world economy. We will enter into a dark ages period. We do not want to move to protectionism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His comments came after British battery maker AMTE Power said it was considering moving investment to the US because of its generous subsidies for green technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separately, Mr Hunt has been boosted by new forecasts showing Britain\u2019s economy is on track to not only avoid recession this year but grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British economy will defy gloomy predictions and emerge slightly larger at the end of this year, according to one of the City\u2019s most closely watched forecasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full report here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t

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