{"id":421907,"date":"2026-01-18T15:04:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=421907"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:04:47","slug":"the-uk-is-losing-the-industry-that-makes-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=421907","title":{"rendered":"The UK is losing the industry that makes\u00a0everything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"421913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421913\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0AQOPHxMoexoyuGbzbQTEX6IKkd77ExTZOx9zAWe9pBENtc02vJL8v98a3j5nhkNv53SG5NuA5mLaTM2YRaVHbk-N9PQ1PNeT4cFmqSOijVlfzYR4M9IsUCDc1sT93ns8o3u6b0VV6L7uxSzkQeutQtlFmdTicw-1.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0AQOPHxMoexoyuGbzbQTEX6IKkd77ExTZOx9zAWe9pBENtc02vJL8v98a3j5nhkNv53SG5NuA5mLaTM2YRaVHbk-N9PQ1PNeT4cFmqSOijVlfzYR4M9IsUCDc1sT93ns8o3u6b0VV6L7uxSzkQeutQtlFmdTicw-1.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" 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\/2026\/01\/16\/the-uk-is-losing-the-industry-that-makes-everything\/\">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\"><strong>We should be very frightened about this, but we are inured to it now:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It\u2019s a tale of devastating UK chemical industry deindustrialisation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peter Huntsman, CEO of Huntsman Chemicals, delivers some scathing comments: \u201cMy biggest costs over the next five years will not be an increase in oil and gas prices, it will be an increase in climate taxes\u201d and \u201cEurope is fast becoming a geriatric Disneyland\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sadly, despite the fact that Ed Conway admits Britain has \u201cthe highest industrial power costs in the developed world, which is partly down to Net Zero\u201d, the only lame remedy proposed is that our Net Zero strategy needs &#8220;a re-think and a re-moulding&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"401\" data-attachment-id=\"421909\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421909\" 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about the shutdown of factories in Britain, with a link to a YouTube video discussing the chemical industry crisis.\" class=\"wp-image-421909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-329.png?w=592&amp;ssl=1 592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-329.png?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EdConwaySky\/status\/2012087239162155448?s=20\">https:\/\/x.com\/EdConwaySky\/status\/2012087239162155448?s=20<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">_____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter 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