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

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London, 5 June 2025:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Net Zero Straitjacket: Five Reasons Net Zero Will Bankrupt Britain<\/em>, has been published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). It describes how Britain\u2019s Net Zero target locks in higher energy prices and forces ministers to restrict the choices of the public.
In this damning new analysis, GWPF Head of Policy, Harry Wilkinson, outlines how Net Zero policies, rooted in the Climate Change Act, are driving energy prices higher, crushing industrial competitiveness, and stripping the UK of energy sovereignty.\u00a0
\u201cWith admirable impartiality, Wilkinson has explained the devastating cost of Net Zero,\u201d said\u00a0Steve Baker,\u00a0<\/strong>the Chief Provocation Officer at The Provocation People. \u201cEvery politician and journalist should read this paper to get ahead of the scandal which is our energy policy. It is an important contribution to rescuing our civilisation from the consequences of unaffordable, intermittent energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Frost<\/strong>\u00a0hailed the report as \u201ca welcome corrective to a debate long stifled by orthodoxy and wishful thinking,\u201d noting that it \u201cconcisely exposes the fundamental flaws of Net Zero,\u201d particularly \u201cthe restrictive and authoritarian character of the Climate Change Act, which must be repealed if we are to avoid calamity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Graham Stringer MP<\/strong>\u00a0said: \u201cThe evidence is overwhelming that Net Zero is destroying jobs and damaging the economy. An initially well-meaning initiative has turned into an out-of-control Frankenstein\u2019s monster that this paper exposes. We cannot continue with self-harming, disastrous policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


GWPF Director, Lord Mackinlay,<\/strong>\u00a0described Net Zero as \u201cperfectly described by the image of a straitjacket,\u201d adding: \u201cBusinesses and their workers who can\u2019t decarbonise fast enough will be simply thrown on the scrap heap; a process that has already started. I hope this report will help unravel some of the misguided thinking that has brought us to this dangerous situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In\u00a0The Net Zero Straitjacket<\/em>, Wilkinson sets out five key arguments:
The cost of renewable energy has been underestimated.<\/strong>\u00a0Published official analyses have not adequately accounted for variable weather patterns which mean there can be periods of entire wind drought years. This means that the quantity of electricity generation and storage required in 2050 has not been calculated correctly.\u00a0
Electricity prices are likely to rise further<\/strong>, an outcome that the renewable industry appears to be betting on, and which is \u2018built in\u2019 by rising renewable energy subsidies and growing grid inefficiency.
Compulsory policies put Britain in a straitjacket<\/strong>\u00a0and can only leave the public poorer. Mandating the use of EVs, heat pumps and overly strict environmental standards reduces consumer choice and leaves the public worse off. The Climate Change Act ties all future governments to these rigid requirements.
We will miss out on using the energy under our feet.<\/strong>\u00a0The missed opportunities from our pursuit of Net Zero need to be recognised. Failing to extract our significant fossil fuel reserves means large sums of potential tax revenues go uncollected and many people miss out on high-skilled and high-paid jobs. Importing gas and oil means tax revenues, jobs and investments go abroad.
The benefits don\u2019t stack up.<\/strong>\u00a0The Government uses flawed \u2018carbon values\u2019 to claim large benefits for its climate policies. However, these are highly contestable and don\u2019t represent real benefits for the British public from lower emissions.
In his own words, Harry Wilkinson warns: \u201cThe public has been misled about the costs and consequences of Net Zero. This report shines a light on the reality: a deeply authoritarian agenda that increases the cost of living for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The full report is available to read here:\u00a0The Net Zero Straitjacket (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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