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As Ryszard Kapuściński observed in 1982: “the concept of oil expresses perfectly the eternal human dream of wealth achieved through lucky accident, through a kiss of fortune and not by sweat, anguish, hard work. In this sense oil is a fairy tale, and like every fairy tale, a bit of a lie”.
“Britain’s electricity market was designed for a fossil fuel age and it’s now a key barrier to a lower cost, low-carbon future.” — @drdonalbrown.bsky.social
Our new report covered by Fiona Harvey in @theguardian.com 👇
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Read “Fixing the Price: How a Single Buyer Model Could Slash UK Electricity Prices and Build Consent for the Clean Power Mission” in full at our website. 👇
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Why are Britain’s electricity prices among the highest in the world?
Low-cost renewables should drive down costs, but the energy market still ties prices to gas.
We propose a Single Buyer as an alternative to cut bills and revive the clean power mission.
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
As the Nigerian government pushes to restart oil production in Ogoniland, decades of pollution, dispossession and broken promises cast a long shadow over the future.
