Department for Energy Security and Net Zero...

No shit Sherlock, you obviously struggle with analogies. No matter.

Renewables are expensive and unreliable, which is why the phrase 'Energy security and net zero' is a contradiction in terms. Relying on the wind to provide us with affordable and reliable electricity, is a complete fantasy, and it's no secret that it's a complete fantasy. The government have provided £billions in subsidy to the renewable energy industry and every year the government acknowledge the industry need more, an extra £285 million last year, Christ knows how much this year, it seems it doesn't matter how much tax payers money is thrown at wind farms. Yet in December and January the government warned us that power cuts to preserve dwindling energy supplies may be necessary. I wonder when someone in government will suddenly realise that the emperor is naked. 

Net zero technology may be profitable and more importantly, reliable, at some point in the future but that point is not now. We are running before we can walk in an attempt to look virtuous to the rest of the world. The fact that in 21st century UK millions of people cant afford to heat their homes is, it would seem, worth it so politicians can say look how green we are. 

For your interest: In December 2022 the ONS said that during the winter of 2021/22 there were 28,300 deaths in England and Wales due to cold homes, and guess what, no one is talking about it. Yet if just 1 person dies this summer due to heat deluded lefties and the green lobby will be shouting about it from the rooftops.

In that case, if you agree that renewables are currently expensive and unreliable, which is correct, you should be advocating that we continue to generate affordable and reliable electricity from fossil fuels until such a time as renewables become affordable and reliable. 

The sad thing is, the UK's net zero policy will have no impact whatsoever on global emissions, we are simply too small. The only impact UK net zero will have is to make our economy and people poorer for the foreseeable future. Are you aware that last July the Climate Change Committee (Of all committee's) conceded that net zero will have an adverse effect on the economy. But it doesn't matter, net zero zealots have momentum and virtue on their side. The fact that people will increasingly suffer as the effects of net zero bite ever harder is an absolute irrelevance to left wing idealogues who believe they're saving the planet.

OK, so quantify it a bit.

How much of the cost of petrol and diesel at the pump is due to Net Zero. How much of the cost of domestic electric, gas and oil is due to Net Zero?

How much of the rising costs of food is due to Net Zero?

In fact, how many of the current difficulties in the UK are down to Net Zero…?

So suddenly we have gone from a question that asked: "can we really claim all rising energy costs are down to Net Zero?"

to:  "how many of the current difficulties in the UK are down to Net Zero…"

It's as though you have suddenly realised that your first question might not give the answer you are looking for..

..very strange..

Which was precisely my point. If we were more like the US and were self sufficient in energy production we wouldn't have seen prices rise as much, as we would not be dependent on foreign dictators.

However we are not self sufficient due to not being allowed to access our own energy reserves in the drive to become Net Zero - apparently it's better for climate change if we import gas from halfway around the world rather than use what is under our feet.

Low carbon and green energy provides thousands of jobs.
Which compared with fossil fuels is a tiny amount.