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  "path": "/opinion/net-zero-blasted-labour-ideology-iran-war-nana-akua",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T17:00:39.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe UK is in a mess and I for one am not happy to see this once the great engine of the world built on energy and industry deteriorate due to successive Governments turning their backs on common sense for the holier-than-thou pipe dream that is net zero.\n\nDespite the wars blazing in Ukraine and the Middle East, both having a major effect on the price of oil and gas and despite prices rocketing at the pumps, our chancellor Rachel Reeves chose to focus on warning forcorts not to raise their prices.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis led to mayhem at the pumps and almost scuppered the Chancellor's meeting with petrol companies.\n\nInstead of seeing the situation for what it is and realising that blindly perusing net zero especially at a time of skyrocketing oil prices and wars, risks our national security, our ideologically driven Government at the helm of Ed Miliband and Rachel Reeves, appear to be chucking billions of our money into the holy grail that is net zero.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut what does net zero actually mean anyway? I’ll tell you..\n\nIt means no more new licensing for drilling for oil and gas, instead foolishly relying on foreign imports and buying from Norway who take their supplies from our very own North Sea.\n\nHow ludicrous is that?\n\nThe Chancellor could capitalise on taxes raised from exporting it, but oh no, thou shalt worship at the altar of net zero.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nNet zero means shutting down our coal industry, the thing that insulated us from energy price shocks in the past and putting a load of people out of work for so called green jobs in the future that many never materialise, so paying them benefits instead.\n\nIt means destroying our steel industry so we can no longer build ships and coaking coal.\n\nIt means destroying our manufacturing base and buying things from China and then shipping them back to the UK, so the carbon produced is emitted elsewhere so we can boast about zero emissions.\n\nAnd it means paying for wind farms to be switched off and covering farmland, vital for our food stability.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nBut it also means making politicians feel pious about supposedly saving the planet.\n\nBut what they’ve forgotten is the planet is a living and breathing entity that will do what it needs to survive regardless of whether we are on it or not.\n\nRenewables are great for electricity, but electricity counts for only 20 percent of our energy mix, which is why they are trying to make us all go electric.\n\nWhat they've failed to mention is that we need oil. And British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chemical engineer, and the founder, chairman, and majority owner of the INEOS Group, a multinational oil, gas, and petrochemicals conglomerate, demanded that Britain put energy security ahead of net zero.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe called the opening of oil fields.\n\nFrankly, net zero is the sum left in our bank accounts after the final nail is drawn in the nations coffers.. Nothing.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Net zero is the sum left in our bank accounts after the final nail is drawn in the nation's coffers, says Nana Akua"
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