Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips

A perfect storm of imbecility

Suddenly, the consequences of Net Zero come into panicky focus

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Melanie Phillips
Sep 19, 2021
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The irony is rich. Day in, day out we’re lectured and hectored that current rates of carbon dioxide emissions will end Life As We know It. The world is being told that unless it achieves Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050 it will be finished. The message has been unequivocal; we must produce far, far less carbon dioxide if w…

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