{"id":413459,"date":"2025-11-16T14:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=413459"},"modified":"2025-11-16T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:22:08","slug":"public-support-net-zer0-but-dont-want-to-pay-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=413459","title":{"rendered":"Public Support Net Zer0\u2013But Don\u2019t Want to Pay for\u00a0It!"},"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

There\u2019s a new poll out from YouGov on Net Zero:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How far does the public support net zero? | YouGov<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

No doubt the Net Zero promoting lobby will run with the headline poll:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s like asking if you support Xmas or saving fluffy seals. It is a meaningless question, especially given the propaganda surrounding Net Zero and the lack of understanding about how it will be achieved (or not),<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when we get to some of the implications, the answers reverse themselves drastically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are large majorities against banning gas boilers, banning petrol cars, new taxes on meat and taxing gas bills.  All these are either already government policy or are being actively considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even banning gas power stations is disapproved of, Only new nuclear and taxes on frequent flyers get net approval. The former interestingly gets most support from those opposed to Net Zero. The latter gets approval for the simple reason that it does not affect the vast majority of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We get similar results from another question:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Chart<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Pain free solutions are popular \u2013 planting more trees, subsidies for insulation, single use plastic bans. Increasing fuel duty, blanket flight taxes and rationing meat are extremely unpopular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think we need to be psychics to guess what the answer would have been to the question \u2013 “Would you be prepared to pay \u00a31000 a year for Net Zero\u201d? Given that this is pretty much what every household pays, without realising it, it is a shame it was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I have often commented, Net Zero has long been sold on the basis of easy, new taxes \u2013 nice, clean renewable energy, planting trees and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attention is being diverted away from costs already being incurred by, for instance, blaming high electricity prices on \u201csky high gas prices\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth has been deliberately kept from the public. If they knew the harsh reality, most would not support Net Zero at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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