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Think it's Time to Start Drilling

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MissAustenMadeAQuilt · 09/03/2026 08:29

Oil price rising fast which means energy, food, petrol costs, everything will rocket fast and jobs will be lost.

We have our own oil in our own back yard, which would give us protection.

AIBU to think we should grant oil licences and get drilling.

If not we're going to reach Net Zero a lot faster than planned and it ain't going to be pretty.

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TheFilliesWillRiseAgain · 09/03/2026 08:52

We can't afford renewables and we are at least a generation away from there being enough supply of renewables to meet demand.

It's crazy that we stopped drilling when the entire UK output contributes something like 0.6% of global CO2 emissions.

thecatsgotyourtongue · 09/03/2026 08:50

Would take years to open up new north sea oil fields & once the oil price drops, these investments become unprofitable.

Plus the extraction is done by private companies, selling on world markets, its not "our" oil at all.

We need Trump to back down very quickly.

Heatedrival · 09/03/2026 08:49

That’s your take on this? With all the renewables available now? Go backwards?

Do you grasp the seriousness of climate change?

Obviously not.

BlueJuniper94 · 09/03/2026 08:48

We can't really afford the pivot to renewables

Dollymylove · 09/03/2026 08:47

Yes we have big reserves jn the north sea but because of this net zero nonsense we are having to import the stuff at inflated prices. Its bloody ridiculous

Meadowfinch · 09/03/2026 08:37

I disagree. It'll focus our minds on building up our renewables, force the issue of food security into the minds of our idiot government and encourage us to cut waste.

The Arab states have a lifestyle based on the wealth that oil exports bring, they won't allow this war to go on for long. Plus Trump will get serious grief from his home markets over share prices dropping. It's in no-one's interests for it to drag on.

Locutus2000 · 09/03/2026 08:36

Yawn.

randomchap · 09/03/2026 08:32

No

Time to invest more in renewables so that we don't rely on oil with it's volatile prices