{"id":453899,"date":"2026-07-05T09:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=453899"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:59:36","slug":"dale-vince-ed-miliband-has-turned-net-zero-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=453899","title":{"rendered":"Dale Vince: Ed Miliband Has Turned Net Zero Toxic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Will Jones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green energy tycoon Dale Vince has blamed Ed Miliband for the \u201ctoxification of Net Zero\u201d and branded him unfit to become Chancellor. The Telegraph <\/em>has more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Labour donor accused the Energy Secretary of putting \u201cideology before the economy\u201d and questioned whether he had a grasp of \u201ceven the basic notion of value for money\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miliband\u2019s spending record in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) demonstrated his economic incompetence<\/a>, Vince told the Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, the green energy entrepreneur criticised the decision to commit tens of billions of pounds to heat pumps and carbon capture technology, the latter of which remains largely unproven on a global scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about economic competence,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about having an understanding of even the basic notion of value for money. I question whether he has that when you look at spending decisions like carbon capture and storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s madly uneconomic so this makes me question whether he\u2019s putting ideology in front of [the] economy. We need something else from a Chancellor and someone who is more business-like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since his appointment as Energy Secretary in July 2024, Miliband has committed to spending billions of taxpayer cash on green energy technologies as part of his mission to achieve clean power by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vince, who runs clean power firm Ecotricity, described these investments as a \u201cterrible waste of money\u201d and said he hoped Andy Burnham could \u201cfix\u201d things if the MP for Makerfield entered No. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThey\u2019ve kind of led to the toxification, or enabled the toxification, of Net Zero, and the idea that it\u2019s about spending vast sums of money subsidising technologies that only people with money can afford, like heat pumps and new electric cars, and being out of touch with reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt adds to the feeling in the country that this green energy Net Zero stuff is driving bills up. It is a false narrative but the previous administration has enabled that and I hope Andy can fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Worth reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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