This single shipload of electric vehicles from BYD will cut Australia's annual fuel demand by at least 6 million litres
This is what genuine fuel security looks like - not tanks of diesel and rushed trade deals, but cutting our exposure permanently to overseas fossil fuel supply.
The fact that Blair thinks this is a genuine dichotomy, when in reality renewables have never been cheaper and fossil fuels are increasingly expensive, suggests he really isn't paying attention institute.global/insights/pol...
While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working"
2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1)
2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas")
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Somewhat incredibly, Tony Blair has chosen the week that the UK's temperature record for May has been smashed by more than 2C to reiterate his hot take on net-zero
Job done, though, as all the UK media is now leading with him saying "drill, baby, drill" rather than the exceptionally extreme weather