{"id":280955,"date":"2023-09-28T17:52:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280955"},"modified":"2023-09-28T17:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:52:50","slug":"public-need-to-be-able-to-scrutinise-the-true-costs-on-net-zero-energy-policy-euan-mearns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280955","title":{"rendered":"Public need to be able to scrutinise the true costs on net-zero energy policy\u2013Euan Mearns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euan Mearns sent me this letter he has had published\u00a0 in his local newspaper:<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He tells me there is a serious error in the print version, but the correct version is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Public need to be able to scrutinise the true costs on net-zero energy policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":280962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818076,691819142,691818618,691818154,691819094,691823070],"class_list":{"0":"post-280955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-co2","9":"tag-energy-policy","10":"tag-energy-transition","11":"tag-net-zero","12":"tag-renewable-green-energy","13":"tag-true-costs","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00ZEP-blogs-2.png?fit=1600%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1b5x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":280527,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280527","url_meta":{"origin":280955,"position":0},"title":"Public Anger at The Hidden Costs of Net Zero Energy Policies","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/26\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Public need to be able to scrutinise the true costs on net-zero energy policy","rel":"","context":"In \"energy policies\"","block_context":{"text":"energy policies","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=energy-policies"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0103862334-GettyImages-73179718.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0103862334-GettyImages-73179718.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0103862334-GettyImages-73179718.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0103862334-GettyImages-73179718.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":284456,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=284456","url_meta":{"origin":280955,"position":1},"title":"Harvesting subsidies to produce nothing of value\u2013Euan Mearns","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/22\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Euan Mearns has B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in geology from The University of Aberdeen. 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