{"id":373501,"date":"2025-04-03T11:06:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=373501"},"modified":"2025-04-03T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:47:45","slug":"put-up-gas-prices-demand-net-zero-zealots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=373501","title":{"rendered":"Put Up Gas Prices, Demand Net Zero\u00a0Zealots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"434\" data-attachment-id=\"373504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=373504\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?fit=1908%2C1146&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1908,1146\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0AA1xi4z3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?fit=723%2C434&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?resize=723%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?resize=1200%2C721&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?w=1908&amp;ssl=1 1908w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2025\/04\/02\/put-up-gas-prices-demand-net-zero-zealots\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">h\/t Ian Magness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More demands to shift renewable electricity subsidies onto gas bills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Telegraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"281\" data-attachment-id=\"373502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=373502\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-61.png?fit=774%2C301&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"774,301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-61.png?fit=723%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-61.png?resize=723%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-61.png?w=774&amp;ssl=1 774w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-61.png?resize=300%2C117&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-61.png?resize=768%2C299&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Energy suppliers have urged Ed Miliband to charge households more for running a gas boiler to boost the uptake of eco-friendly heat pumps and electric vehicles (EVs).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In a letter to the Energy Secretary, suppliers including EDF, EOn, Octopus and OVO warned that a typical household paid four times as much per year in levies on electricity usage than on gas usage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This makes it less financially attractive to switch to electrically-powered heating and transport, they said, even though ministers want households to adopt EVs and heat pumps to help reduce carbon emissions and Britain\u2019s dependence on natural gas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The suppliers, supported by charities including Citizens Advice and National Energy Action, called on Mr Miliband to urgently review the system and \u201crebalance\u201d levies so that they were more evenly spread between electricity and gas usage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In practice, this would mean charges on gas bills would have to go up for millions of households.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2025\/04\/02\/miliband-urged-make-gas-boilers-expensive-boost-heat-pumps\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Oliver is the Telegraph\u2019s Industry Editor, so I am surprised he has fallen for this dishonest nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does he not realise that these so-called \u201clevies\u201d are in reality subsidies for renewable electricity, and therefore reflect the actual cost of producing electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where else then should these costs be loaded onto?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter no doubt serves the interests of the companies sending it. Oliver notes the letter cones from \u201c<em>around 30 organisations including suppliers, investors, industry associations, and charities in the Electrify Britain campaign<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launched by EDF and Octopus,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/electrifybritain.org\/\">Electrify Britain\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;aims are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to encourage the use of renewable energy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to promote the adoption of heat pumps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to electrify transport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, they are Net Zero zealots, who do not care about the interests of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I doubt if even a large hike in the price of gas will make any real difference to heat pump installations, which remain unaffordable for most. But what it most certainly would do is leave millions in fuel poverty, unable to afford to heat their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cut in the price of electricity might benefit the well off, with electric cars and power guzzling appliances. But the pensioner trying to keep warm with his gas boiler will be much worse off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also another problem. A cut in the price of electricity would mainly benefit non-domestic users, whereas the offsetting increase in gas prices would disproportionately affect households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Electrify Britain really want lower power prices, why don\u2019t they campaign for an end to pernicious carbon tax, which would lower prices straightaway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Oliver is the Telegraph\u2019s Industry Editor, so I am surprised he has fallen for this dishonest nonsense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":373504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[691818056,691821977,691831484,691818198,691818154,691818181],"class_list":["post-373501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-climate-change","tag-electric-vehicles-evs","tag-energy-secretary-ed-miliband","tag-heat-pumps","tag-net-zero","tag-renewable-energy","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0AA1xi4z3.jpeg?fit=1908%2C1146&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1zad","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":409170,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=409170","url_meta":{"origin":373501,"position":0},"title":"Green Levies To Blame, Say Energy\u00a0Bosses","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/20\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"UK\u2019s biggest gas and electricity providers urge ministers to address ballooning net zero costs","rel":"","context":"In \"electricity bills\"","block_context":{"text":"electricity bills","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=electricity-bills"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQMQ3EXQfDoTnaSSZxgBP8_3nPUjNg5p18IhIyzgQoxV8oeFHjbc4Kn29vb5H4Yx_rDijRixEDc2GSownyspY1Km42glN_JWqcOoKsPoI5C2pmWAx2EsggrctUBQnW6x8yD0gZHwqh1U432ZwU801XoDgh09gg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQMQ3EXQfDoTnaSSZxgBP8_3nPUjNg5p18IhIyzgQoxV8oeFHjbc4Kn29vb5H4Yx_rDijRixEDc2GSownyspY1Km42glN_JWqcOoKsPoI5C2pmWAx2EsggrctUBQnW6x8yD0gZHwqh1U432ZwU801XoDgh09gg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQMQ3EXQfDoTnaSSZxgBP8_3nPUjNg5p18IhIyzgQoxV8oeFHjbc4Kn29vb5H4Yx_rDijRixEDc2GSownyspY1Km42glN_JWqcOoKsPoI5C2pmWAx2EsggrctUBQnW6x8yD0gZHwqh1U432ZwU801XoDgh09gg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQMQ3EXQfDoTnaSSZxgBP8_3nPUjNg5p18IhIyzgQoxV8oeFHjbc4Kn29vb5H4Yx_rDijRixEDc2GSownyspY1Km42glN_JWqcOoKsPoI5C2pmWAx2EsggrctUBQnW6x8yD0gZHwqh1U432ZwU801XoDgh09gg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQMQ3EXQfDoTnaSSZxgBP8_3nPUjNg5p18IhIyzgQoxV8oeFHjbc4Kn29vb5H4Yx_rDijRixEDc2GSownyspY1Km42glN_JWqcOoKsPoI5C2pmWAx2EsggrctUBQnW6x8yD0gZHwqh1U432ZwU801XoDgh09gg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":263495,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263495","url_meta":{"origin":373501,"position":1},"title":"Net Zero Plan is \u201cNot Credible\u201d and Risks Lights Going Out, MPs Warn \u2013 as They Suggest Government Policy Should Be for \u201cPeople Not to Have Cars\u201d","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/23\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Net Zero goals to turn the electricity system green risk the lights going off, MPs on the powerful Public Accounts Committee have warned, as they suggest that Government policy should be for \u201cpeople not to have cars\u201d. 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