The former prime minister called on the government to change course on climate change
Dale Vince, the founder of the renewable energy company Ecotricity and Labour party donor, has accused Tony Blair of talking “nonsense” on net zero policy. In a statement he said:
This from Tony Blair is net zero nonsense. He talks of growing fossil demand from China, when in fact it has peaked. He says we need less focus on renewable energy and more on carbon capture – one is cheap and abundant and prevents carbon emissions, the other is an incredibly expensive way of trying to deal with emissions. Prevention (green energy) is always better and cheaper than the cure.
Net zero is in fact the economic opportunity of the century. Jobs and GDP growth is what’s at stake, green energy can bring both of those, fossil fuels will keep us on the global energy bill rollercoaster and carbon capture is a fools errand. Expected better than this from the TBI.
Tony Blair is completely out of touch. @UKLabour should ignore him as a past relic. Net Zero is popular with people.
Who can argue with warmer homes, better public transport and (potentially) much cheaper energy, when we unlink from gas.
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2025-04-30 09:22:00
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