Eh, it’s kinda unscientific, since it is a web poll, but, come on, how scientific are so many polls taken by pollsters? (via Watts Up With That?, which has a screenshot of the numbers being 95% for scrapping it)
Poll of the week: Should the 2050 net zero target be scrapped?
Ed Miliband has long been one of Westminster’s most vocal advocates for Britain’s net zero agenda. But his vision of a green future is increasingly coming up against a less forgiving reality.
This week, we asked readers: Should the UK scrap its 2050 net zero target? A resounding 95 per cent of over 26,000 respondents said yes.
Telegraph readers’ reasons ranged from economic survival to energy security and a growing frustration with what many see as climate policy detached from common sense. Here’s why you believe the time has come to pull the plug.
For many, net zero has become synonymous with financial burden – rising energy bills, increased costs for businesses and pressure on household budgets.
“If the Government wants to grandstand about cutting the UK’s one per cent share of global emissions, fine,” says Russ Hindle. “But don’t hike our energy bills – do it slower, cheaper and pay for it yourself.”
I’m looking at the version via Internet Archive, so, cannot see the actual poll, but, yeah, 95%
Other accused politicians of blind idealism. “No matter how much evidence is given to them, our politicians are hell bent on throwing us off a net zero cliff without giving us a say,” argues Mrs P.
The same politicians who refuse to practice what they preach.
“No one wants to pay the highest energy costs in the world to solve a problem that’s likely beyond humanity’s control, and certainly beyond Britain’s ability to meaningfully influence,” says Hugo McEwen.
He continues: “This is Jacobin-style communism disguised as climate policy, intended to impoverish and ‘equalise’ us. Nigel Farage is right: stop it now, or face a revolution.” (snip)
One reader puts it bluntly: “Net zero is lunacy. We contribute a tiny percentage of global CO? emissions, yet we’re trashing our economy in the name of the ultimate virtue-signalling project. Meanwhile, the world’s largest economies are doubling down on coal and gas to stay competitive.”
See, every experiment needs an experimental group. Initially, Brits thought this was great, but, now that they have had to live it, they aren’t too thrilled, to say the least.
too bad they live in britain where they have no say in how the govt runs the country
Mr Hindle got that wrong: government never pays for anything itself, but taxes individuals to pay for everything. In the end, the final user of everything pays the total costs involved.
Wow! Prices are dropping year over year across a wide range of products, (gas, vegetables, airline tickets, TVs, and dishware)!
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2025/05/wow-year-over-year-prices-declining.html
It’s not as if any of those higher prices were being applied to fighting climate change either. It was just wealth transfer to connected people with friends in high places, grants and no-bid contracts, just like in the USA. Getting the working class to fund the Leftist aristocrats desire to live like royalty.
Mr Teach whines: it’s kinda unscientific, since it is a web poll, but, come on, how scientific are so many polls taken by pollsters
Translation: Responses to a web question is reliable as long as the respondents agree with me!!
LOL.
Let’s ask Daily Kos readers: Do you support Donald Trump’s attacks on American’s freedoms? Whoa, 99.7% do not support Trump!
Let’s ask NYTimes subscribers. Let’s ask Daily Caller readers.
Mr Teach disapproves of the professional polls that show Big Donnie’s approval in the low 40s.
On climate, just relax. You’ve won!
ED: “…professional polls that show Big Donnie’s approval in the low 40s.”
There’s only one poll that matters, it was taken in November 2024, and Trump won that poll. By a landslide.
In Feb the gas price was 3.08 avg regular
the avg price now is 3.4
the price of gas is going up not down
sorry mistype
in Feb when Trump came on gas was 3.08 national avg
that price has gone up to 3.14
Currently(lol) UK gets 50% of its electricity from renewables. So they are already 1/2 way there with 25 more years to get there. In the next 25 years do you think there is a chance that there might be further technological advances in renewable generation of electricity? I do.
In South Carolina gas is down to $2.53.