The UK net zero carbon plan involves the installation of 70 million solar panels, 6,000 wind turbines, and 4,500 km of underwater electricity cables and will cost about £240 billion. So it’s quite ambitious, with, according to a new study, almost one in five of the public believing that the UK’s 2050 net-zero target is bad for the economy and almost three-quarters of believing that new climate policies will make their lives more expensive. It seems that they are starting to believe claims about the high cost of the transition that have been made by right-wing politicians and some web pundits . However, in addition to political opposition to net zero from Reform & the Tories, BNEF says that it has also got less than 100% backing from some energy practitioners. Kate Mulvany, principal consultant at Cornwall Insight said ‘Whether or not it ultimately turns out to be good value is only something that can be determined in the long term,’ while Andy Brown, deputy board chair at Ors...
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