Far from leading the way, Britain is a cautionary tale on the dangers of net zero zealotry. We are too poor to continue a policy of self-harm, says James Price

A friend came back from a trip to the United States recently and told me her biggest takeaway was how warm every home and business is there, even in the bitter cold of winter. Back in Blighty, this friend is always wrapped in more layers than an F Scott Fitzgerald metaphor. But in the US, no one worried about the electricity bill, or letting down money saving expert Martin Lewis by fiddling with the thermostat.

This simple observation speaks volumes about how our quality of life is dramatically impacted by policy decisions in Whitehall. Energy costs are more than a third more expensive in the UK than they are in France, and over 70 per cent more than they are in the United States. This is almost all down to the mad zealotry with which red Ed Miliband, and much of the wider establishment, are prosecuting a war against both hydrocarbons and the laws of thermodynamics.

For some years, Britain has been pursuing a net zero agenda that is doing little to actually........

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