AIBU to think that in the middle of an energy crisis, we should be investing in green energy?

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I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this right? It has been suggested already many many times by experts, campaigners etc but this should this not be the time when the government takes direction towards green energy rather than the opposite, investing in oil and gas?

Also if the government won't listen? Do you know of any mums / parents protests planned? I'd like to join.

It would make it MORE expensive than it is now and we would need nuclear energy to back it up - which we are years from building.

No wind/sun = having to use nuclear energy

What you're proposing would take long-term thinking, not just short term wins for the next election.

It was the major announcement from the Labour Party conference, this is exactly what they plan to do. Another benefit would be huge growth in green jobs. You could consider joining the Labour Party and helping them campaign?

YABU because it would just add more money to our bills and not help in the short term.

It's a good idea to look at long term energy security but (so-called) renewable energy is incredibly expensive. We'd be better off developing the technology for fusion reactors as a long term solution as this would make more than enough energy.

In the short term we need ideas that will lower costs, not increase them.

You have to bite the bullet some time. Would have been better if it had been ten years ago. Might as well be now.

Check out Ripple wind farms

People don’t like nuclear.

Batteries aren’t where they need to be to allow wind/solar energy to be stored. And both of those have their own “not all that green” issues with production and impact on the environments where they are installed.

People don’t like fracking.

Coal is too black to be made to look green.

Russia is using its gas as a trump card.

Unless somebody comes up with a major breakthrough I’m not sure how an unpopular gov. in bad times (that just don’t seem to want to stop throwing more curveballs at us) can invest in anything without somebody giving them so much shit they take it off the table again.

Here is some information for you:

www.edie.net/uks-clean-energy-investment-ranking-rises-after-government-sets-95-low-carbon-electricity-target-for-2030/