British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that his Tory government will scale back some of the green agenda policies that have become a staple of the neo-liberal Conservative party, arguing that families should not be forced to endure “unacceptable costs” to meet Net Zero goals. [emphasis, links added]
In a speech from Downing Street, Mr. Sunak said on Wednesday evening that his government will push back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2050, as well as delaying a scheduled prohibition on gas and oil home boilers.
Taking on two pillars of the Great Reset green agenda, Sunak went on to announce that he has scrapped proposals to tax meat and air travel, in addition to abandoning plans to limit the number of people allowed in a car.
Branding the new guidelines a “new approach to Net Zero”, the PM said:
“Reaching our targets does not need to come unnecessarily at the expense of people facing higher costs – and that’s why today we can ease the burden on working families.”
Despite the scaling back, Mr. Sunak claimed that the intention is to see the UK reach net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050, saying:
“Why am I confident in saying that? Because over the last decade so far, we’ve massively over-delivered on every one of our carbon budgets, despite regular predictions we’d miss them.”
Ahead of the speech, Brexit’s Nigel Farage described the move as the “biggest u-turn on environmental and net-zero policies for the Conservative Party in three decades.
The Brexiteer said that outraged environmentalists need to get a “sense of perspective” noting that the emissions produced by a single Chinese firm, Huaneng Power International, are reportedly nearly equivalent to the total output of the United Kingdom.
“We are, in terms of global CO2, nothing more than a minnow,” Farage said.
However, some members of the Conservative Party, including former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, criticized the move from Sunak.
In a statement provided to The Telegraph, Johnson said that the UK “cannot afford to falter now or in any way lose our ambition for this country.”
“This country leads in tackling climate change and in creating new green technology. The green Industrial Revolution is already generating huge numbers of high-quality jobs and helping to drive growth and level up our country.”
The former PM, who despite his formerly self-professed libertarian leanings became a champion of the green agenda during his time in office, added that the backtrack would imperil businesses who have already made investments based upon the government’s plan.
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I would like to see those Eco-Freaks getting stranded in the Wilderness and see how long they could hack it
At least the Indian prime minister of the UK is showing concern for the common family. Most in the climate change movement seen to think that cost is no object no matter how much it harms families. There are few that seem to think we need to be punished for our sins and the high cost of their initiatives is a good way to do it.
I have always thought that cost of climate change agenda would be what stopped it. It is true real science shows anthropological climate change isn’t happening, but it is the politics that set policy.
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