Because we then don't pay huge amounts of fees and transport costs - currently just under £3 billion a year just to the US and Norway. Plus we get all the employment and tax benefits. Why are we… (View Post)

A comment which rather misses the point that the only other productive use for horses when we stopped using them for power was manure and glue. The same cannot be said for hydrocarbons given the whol… (View Post)

Moving from road to rail and water for long distance goods transport would certainly be a very sensible move. Much of the rest of Europe do it very well. (View Post)

My point being that, in that case, you deal with demand not supply. Because stopping drilling on the UKCS does not decrease supply or demand at all. It just increases the cost for the country. (View Post)

And I agree 100%. I have said it for more than 30 years. It is a finite resource and way too valuable to burn. (View Post)