Nothing Green Ever Works: the perfect six-step environmental virtue loop
Tim Blair:
“…One: Britain goes big on wind turbines in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from traditional power sources.
Two: The wind don’t blow and the power don’t flow.
Three: A subsequent massive increase in demand for natural gas as a power source drives wholesale gas prices through the roof.
Four: CF Fertilisers, a US-owned British fertiliser business that also produces carbon dioxide for commercial use, suspends production because high gas prices have made the business unprofitable.
Five: Carbon dioxide is a required component for meat packaging. Without reliable supplies of commercial carbon dioxide, Britain faces a food shortage.
Six: The British government, which spent millions of pounds to cut carbon dioxide emissions, will now give millions of pounds to CF Fertilisers so it can produce carbon dioxide.
Perfect…”