“You Haven’t Stopped Talking!” Julia Hartley-Brewer’s Fiery Clash Over The Case For Net Zero

TalkTV’s Julia Hartley-Brewer has clashed with political economy professor Michael Jacobs over the case for Net Zero.
Michael says the reason for high inflation is due to “the reliance on fossil fuels”.
Julia says: “We use a lot more gas in the heating of our homes… One of the greatest loves of my life my gas central heating, which the Government wants to take away from me.”
Michael counters: “You can’t have both of those sentences together, Julia. You can’t say the reason we have high inflation is because we use a lot of gas and then complain that we’re trying to move away from renewables.”
Julia continues: “When the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine, it’s not reliable!”
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[@juanajimenez7631]

I am so with you Julia. It's frustrating isn' t it. The world's gone mad.

[@BillyP13]

Michael forgot to go on the STOP OIL protest today !!!!

[@Richard500]

@@BillyP13 Mind you, Julia can ASK a question sometimes that is longer than her guest has time to answer! This was a windbag joust!

[@BridgeToGantry]

Agree. Don't particularly disagree with her but good grief she likes the sound of her voice.

[@rosebud2222]

Go Julia....The banks and the Government are lying about everything there is no money, and soon there will be no gas solar power or any other corrupt utility company there are going down never to return.

[@frank-caroltrott6131]

Surely his point was to increase our reliance on renewables and therefore make ourselves less reliant on fossil fuels and the volatility of international markets. He even recognised the need to maintain a fossil fuel backup in case of reduced supply. We need a coherent strategy to meet current and future energy supplies which cannot for climate and economic reasons be tied to fossil fuels. The debate needs to move on from calling out some climate activists or right wing mouth oil living mouth pieces and become adult. Problem is we are not good at adult debate.

[@1923barbara]

There is no getting through to these climate clowns well done Julia.

[@chrisspencer6502]

Yes, people like Julia are infuriating

[@ryescott9445]

Fracking

[@LeoSavantt]

@@ryescott9445 Hydraulic fracturing in the UK is banned, so the UK imports hydraulic fractured natural gas from the USA, with huge amounts of money leaving the UK. There could be as much as 300 years supply of natural gas under our feet, which could make the UK one of the richest countries in the world. Natural gas is a great fuel for not only making electricity, but it can easily power petrol and diesel vehicles with a cheap conversion. The UK could be a massive energy exporter. The natural gas in the UK is probably the only way to save the UK economy. UK CO2 emission are one part in a million of the atmosphere, replacing oil with natural gas would reduce that tiny, completely insignificant amount of CO2 by about 20%; whereas net zero won't work and will plunge the UK into poverty. All major political parties are committed to destroying Britain, sadly it looks like the will succeed.

[@bumberClart1000]

Breath, breath in the air. Don’t be afraid to care 😂

[@chatteyj]

Scientific fraud should be a criminal offence.

[@christinebakewell3475]

Adviser to Gordon brown tells you all you need to know - brown’s policy of selling off our gold reserves cheaply ( gold price was temporarily at a low - but within a year of his selling ours it doubled and continued to rise ) it was a massive blow to our future economy which we never fully recovered.

[@paulmc1176]

George Soros mopped up ther.

[@paulmc1176]

Also John Major was responsible also after Thatcher left him to face the music

[@johnatkinson7126]

​@@paulmc1176 major was chancellor and didn't sell off our gold reserves and Thatcher didn't leave she was forced out by back stabbers like Michael heseltine who's still doing it from the house of Lords

[@adambarrett5696]

He robbed the country

[@rbrowne2998]

Indeed! Almost as good as Prof Ferguson and his vid forecasts. Who can forget his previous God-awful record over cow disease? Honestly, I think the only thing that can safely be forecast is that they will continue to scour the land for these people and then say "Eureka! There's our man!" (or woman).

[@michaeljust1193]

I don't always agree with Julia but on this occasion . Net zero is madness .

[@ryescott9445]

Fracking

[@michaeljust1193]

@@ryescott9445 what about it ?

[@rontrivett8596]

NUT ZERO!!!

[@steelic1]

We’d have to effectively go back to the Stone Age to achieve net zero, never gonna happen

[@cachinnation448]

Net Zero is insane.

[@megaxenu753]

It's a message. You're made of carbon so 'zero carbon' means no more you.

[@roslynaubrey7766]

As I said, net zero would mean the death of everything on the whole planet!

[@roslynaubrey7766]

@@megaxenu753 quite, and no more us is what they want!

[@christiano8088]

👏👏👏

[@Srb1973]

​@@megaxenu753 Hence the profile name I have chosen😂.

[@peterhopkins142]

I'm guessing this guy isn't struggling to pay his gas and electric bills. I am.

[@duncansolway7473]

Exactly

[@peterjpcritchley173]

I'll also guess that he doesn't care. I used to be an environmentalist. I was once at a dinner with them, where, among friends, they were free to say what was on their minds - "it's time to cull the herd," said one; "we need to crash the economy," said another. It's no wonder they disdain democracy - they disdain people.

[@desthomas8970]

That's not a guess. It's a logical assumption.

[@peterhopkins142]

@@desthomas8970 Not necessarily. I have no idea who this fella is. He may be on the bones of his backside and suffering terribly with cold, fear and deprivation. Probably not though.

[@ryescott9445]

Fracking

[@thehairygolfer]

If renewables were so damn good we wouldn't have to subsidise them or constantly repair them. They are an addition, but a very expensive addition.

[@megaxenu753]

Yeah and 3rd world countries would be scrambling for them.

[@jamesdunn9609]

ANYONE who relies on the vagaries of the weather for production of a critical resource is a complete moron.

[@CatBlack01]

Their only purpose is to make a few people extremely rich, at the expense of us poor taxpayers. Follow the money.

[@uniquevideosUk]

@@CatBlack01 Always is the case, why them who hold up roads dont have jobs, all are funded by ppl like Starmer, cause he as shares in alsorts where the net zero concerned, look how Khan pushed that Ulez & now Labour have it as a manifesto policy to place more around the country, all similar to CT ohh a TV licence, it's all for profit to fill the wealthiest bank account & the left all follow it like 🐑

[@timothyhallett3724]

@@CatBlack01 true …follow A) who gets the subsidies and at want rate and B) who gets the contracts for the infrastructure and who has shares in those companies …then you’ll see exactly who is pushing for so-called ‘green’ energy and why The uk is physically sitting on huge reserves of coal, shale gas, plus still significant reserves of oils and gas in the North Sea. By all means have a sensibly mixed supply of energy, but the idea that we chould switch to solar and wind, household heat pumps etc, at a time of high energy prices, is simply going to make matters worse for a long time

[@kevinb9830]

You can tell he's part of the cult.

[@CatBlack01]

This man is sooo brainwashed! Fortunately, most sensible people see through all this net zero/climate catastrophe nonsense. We must stick together, use our voices (and votes, where possible) and fight against it in every way we can.

[@DB-np2vg]

You are wrong. He needs a brain before it can be washed.

[@ryescott9445]

Fracking

[@dede4004]

Same is happening in the US. We KNOW who is behind this constant chaos, and they will STOP it as soon as they get what they WANT, which is a "one world government". Then they will "smooth" everything out, after they get CONTROL of every person. These are the MOST deluded people of ALL. Until then, it will be a CONTINUAL pressure on every area of life. This guy has bought into their whole lie.

[@stefanoprivetto6744]

​@@DB-np2vg 😂

[@lationixclips3336]

He's not brainwashed he's part of the globalist mafia that is trying to kill us

[@Jimbo_Jumbo]

Why do these eco warriors never talk about the main cause of increasing pollution in the UK: Mass migration.

[@firebyrd437]

What a stupid comment from a racist

[@megaxenu753]

It's a great point. I'd like to hear his explanation of how mass migration helps us achieve net zero.

[@JasonX2]

Because you have to be far left to believe this nonsense to begin with so being pro immigration is baked into their world view.

[@drizzle952]

Yeah. They seem to think increasing the population of the UK by 8-9 million people over the last couple of decades makes no difference to anything...

[@juliegregory3900]

​@@megaxenu753 who's been in charge of migration for the last 13 years?

[@philipwilkes2780]

There is NO case for net zero!!!!

[@jedcollings3624]

Other than the end of the natural world, aaaand a suspected 3 billion people migrant crisis in 50 years, which will more than likely cause a nuclear war that will kill us all 🤷

[@iancampbell3202]

It’s one big grift

[@jedcollings3624]

@@iancampbell3202 lol okay mate

[@reccerat4446]

Just so you know, even before the Ukraine/Russia conflict the UK got a mere 3% of its energy from Russia, the UK gets the majority from Norway (blow up the NS2 pipeline anyone) Qatar and the USA (which used to be a net exporter of energy and has artificially held its supply back to get prices raised) so it's a myth that the war caused this, they set it up to cost you more.

[@alangordon3283]

Bit naive aren’t you. The rest of the world is looking for an alternative to Russian gas therefore it’s pushing the prices of the other producers who have oil or gas to sell export . Supply and demand 🙄🤷‍♂️

[@outoforbit-]

I'm screaming this now, the over 50s has exited the jobs market because they are scared of been accused, cancelled and criminalised for saying the wrong thing.

[@twistedsister2568]

I haven’t exited the job market because I can’t afford to and I don’t give a flying f if anyone is upset or offended by whatever may come out of my unfiltered mouth.

[@Daisy-tl2lh]

@@twistedsister2568 we've had a life time of being pissed on and I'm like you nothing still wet behind the ears will tell me what to say and what is right and what is wrong and I'll never go to prison because they can't afford to keep me alive in there ...

[@pickleperryemz]

Sadly those of us in our thirties, who also think that the world has gone nuts, cannot exit the workforce because we’ve got young children to raise and put a roof over their heads. I wish I could join you.

[@Jezza_One]

Not really. I just kept my opinions to myself.

[@outoforbit-]

@@pickleperryemz I'm sorry to hear that. I know people in their 50s living of meagre savings, their not claiming benefits, all because of woke treachery.

[@robertstaveley9418]

Bless you JHB, I'm so fed up with these so called experts 🙄

[@sonny1987100]

God this man likes the sound of his own voice - JUST SHUT UP!!!!

[@julesdowner5585]

He is spouting bollocks .

[@HULLDUDE666]

where there's a subsidy there's a scam.

[@imbonkers3629]

Bank of England does as it’s told , shutting down the economy and printing money caused inflation 🙈

[@juliestewart5707]

Julia nailed it! Praise God for your rational voice!

[@royjacobs1204]

Either politicians back of this insane policy or we take to the streets.

[@grahamleggett129]

Correct

[@moebel303]

Go on then. Walk the talk. Muppet.

[@inspireyou2396]

I think eventually there will be no other option.

[@johncr1354]

He admits we are reliant gas backup because renewables are unreliable- then says we should not be reliant on gas because the price is volatile. Is this not a classic case of what is known as Double Think?

[@dartskipper3170]

Aka "stupidity. "

[@Kaylem13]

@@dartskipper3170 aka aka bollocks

[@philg7889]

He was 'an adviser to Gordon Brown'. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!

[@stumac869]

Imagine having to put that on your CV.

[@grahamleggett129]

No wonder this country is screwed

[@royjacobs1204]

I like the guy, I made a fortune buying the cheap gold he was selling.

[@johnatkinson7126]

​@@royjacobs1204 funny that I thought he sold it all to the European central bank well done you for getting some

[@royjacobs1204]

@@johnatkinson7126 you heard wrong, the gold mostly ended up in bullion banks

[@boofuu3145]

cheapest energy is found in fossil fuel extracting countries

[@firebyrd437]

Yes and it does more damage, take of the tin foil hat😂😂

[@boofuu3145]

@@firebyrd437 no it does not , we still need it or lights would go out , why import and transport it , i suggest you take off yours with your false economies

[@JogaBonitoCFTV]

​@@firebyrd437 bot

[@Jezza_One]

​@@firebyrd437 Tell that to the Chinese.

[@johnburns4017]

The cheapest energy is wind and solar.

[@simonthompson1214]

You can't argue with stupid, the guy needs an off switch 😂

[@DB-np2vg]

He is brain dead so is not on in the first place.

[@gemmawinslet]

if renewables are so much cheaper why do i have to pay 25% of my energy bills to subsidise it?

[@adamfaou9926]

If Michael Jacobs wants to be taken seriously, he needs to address criticism of Net Zero policies and contemplate its use as an instrument to steal wealth (e.g. compulsory closure of Dutch farms as instigated by WEF and EU) and to restrict freedom (e.g. 15 minute cities). I think for too long he has been relying on his title as Professor to lend him authority and needs a bit of personal re-invention and honesty.

[@melb5996]

There is nothing to address. It’s as plain as the nose on your face. The ‘science’ has been hijacked by globalists and politicians in order to control the masses.

[@patrickkyle4601]

We're reliant on high priced gas because we import expensive FRACKED gas from America, when we have loads of the stuff under our feet.

[@jackieo8235]

Julia you are spot on.

[@timrousell3404]

This man is very slow and out of touch

[@HRPFayetteville]

Renewables are not cheaper they are not sustainable. Nobody's talking about the maintenance of these systems. Nobody's talking about the extra money that homeowners or landlords have to put forth to maintain these units and then if they break to get them. Repaired if a paddle breaks to get a repaired I mean give us a break not to mention the batteries and panels have a lifespan of not. Forever so you're gonna be replacing panels and battery packs and other parts of these systems. Unlike you do when you use the electric company

[@steve10]

They are already using diesel generators to make wind turbines turn when there is no wind, so they are using fossil fuels to make so called cheaper renewable fuel that is unreliable, no wonder fuel prices have gone up, we are footing the cost of net zero. They then show how much electricity is produced by wind turbines but neglect to show the extra fossil fuel they used to create the renewable energy. It's literally a scam and the results are misleading, and just like all the covid scaremongering they want the public to argue about it , because some people still seem to believe these corrupt specialists.

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

Even if they were cheaper, they are inferior due to intermittency and lack of scalability and versatility. That is, they cannot be made available to billions of people in thousands of places and for a wide range of uses.

[@calphurniafanshawe]

Totally true. Windmills and solar panels are also, not in any way recyclable. They are smashed up and taken to poor old Africa and dumped. When they degrade, they put toxic chemicals into the water table. This whole nonsense is nothing to do with saving the planet. It's about control and making people poor and helpless.

[@snakeplissken5480]

or the massive subsidies they receive whilst oil and gas are taxed

[@markfox1545]

You're illiterate. Try to use your words.

[@Smelly_Minge]

A former advisor to Gordon Brown, the guy who sold off half the UK gold reserves unnecessarily at the market low price.

[@kafkastrial8650]

And when they have finally got their way and we are all sitting in the dark wondering which piece of furniture to burn next they will say that it was our fault !

[@davetdowell]

Sorry Julia, he's an "Energy Analyst"... Really? Yet he failed to mention anything about the underlying cause of the high prices in the Energy market, being politics, and our own government restricting supplies with politically motivated sanctions. No wonder we're screwed.

[@mollydunk8387]

Well done Julia, please keep fighting these idiots. you are giving us sane people hope.

[@petenikolic5244]

There is no such thing as NET ZERO netzero is cobblers total cobblers

[@jeannie920]

And Scotland was running windmills on diesel to supply the grid. Probably happening in UK too.

[@johnburns4017]

Scotland is in the UK. This is typical of the mentality of the contributors to this vid.

[@ChrisHFal]

"Renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels". A barrel of oil was in negative not so long ago because there's so much of it.

[@colin25250]

As I used to tell my students, there are 3 types of forecast: wrong, lucky and hindsight and only one that's right all the time in 'hindsight'. The bank of England should hire professor Ferguson from imperial college as he's wrong 100% of the time so you would just do the opposite of what he tells you. 😎

[@Archetti62]

Well done Julia on handling this patronising little queen.

[@HGCUPCAKES]

She’s completely right! 🎉

[@roslynaubrey7766]

If we get net zero, the whole planet will die!!

[@elaine8417]

Net zero is not going to happen,even if it did it would make no difference

[@circattle]

It was Theresa May who signed us up to Net Zero, and she delivered nothing as a PM, so there's no reason to believe Net Zero will succeed either.

[@CatBlack01]

Unfortunately they will impoverish us in their attempts. Possibly deliberately (" you will own nothing and be happy").

[@julianchambers8372]

My supplier claims on my bill that ALL the electricity is produced by renewables, so why is my bill so high.????

[@nockianlifter661]

Inflation is a Government policy - it’s created by increasing debt which is a feature of a debt based fiat monetary system. Government want to keep spending and they get their central banks to expand the monetary supply which reduces the value of everyone’s wages/savings/pensions and drives up the cost of imports.

[@megaxenu753]

Yeah we're so far from free market economics its unreal. You have a choice between corporate socialism and communism basically.

[@nockianlifter661]

@Mark Smith Are you sure ? The first pound was borrowed into existence and to pay that loan off you must borrow two into existence. Debt can only go up until it can’t and then the currency fails. Why do central banks and Governments do that ? Because that’s the system they have created and it makes us slaves to the debt payment - either by private loans or Government borrowing. It’s essentially a Ponzi scheme which transfers wealth; the Government are both the borrowers-on our behalf- and debt collectors for the central bank. They can collect debt two ways; the first through direct taxes and the second through the hidden mechanism of monetary inflation by which they can extract wealth and blame it on ‘profiteering’ and ‘greed’.

[@Tenebrousable]

@@MarkSmith-yx5oz Governments want to keep spending, without corresponding tax raises, for politicians to get votes. Inflation also benefits the biggest debtee, the government, by crushing it's value. Nevermind that all of debt is someone's pension plan. With inflation, our expenses go up, for most everyone, always before and faster our incomes. With inflation, the private sector grows more poor, on average. The rich do get richer, because they have assets that benefit in price, and debt, that goes down in value. So that's nice.

[@edwardtannahill6297]

This man knows perfectly well he is lying to you ( all of us ), I consider him and his like my enemy.

[@EdOeuna]

Films like Demolition Man and Terminator become more realistic each and every day. I’ve never followed some conspiracy theories about global government and the like, but the more I see of the WEF and independent state heads all saying exactly the same thing, the more I worry. Combine this with the apparent laziness and total acceptance of anything by the gen Z’s, and it’s a recipe for disaster.

[@philiplong7390]

I love JHB and she is so patient. Please punch him.

[@antoniopalmero4063]

Cleaner air in our towns and cities is obviously a good thing , but it must be a gradual change and consideration is necessary. Telling people to buy a diesel and then telling those same people they cannot drive them isn’t helpful .

[@garrymcfadden4105]

Did we print more money that eu countries? That’ll be your answer to inflation

[@uniquevideosUk]

Inflation is high in most countries, but to say we aren't part of the "EU" we aren't doing to bad, things will gradually get better & none of us will be eating bugs. You could always travel to EU country if you miss it that much, otherwise get over it cause we won't be going back.

[@disndat1000]

All the worlds energy analysts agree that it is extremely profitable for them to participate in the 'global renewals' grift.

[@gordonbriggs2345]

Well done julia your spot on thankyou.

[@leed2883]

The policy makers are far from stupid. It's a transfer of public money to private green companies.

[@craigrethman5014]

Julia - Oh I do like it when you speak forceful common (obvious) sense! Net Zero is a death wish...

[@martinheath5947]

If the high wholesale cost of fuel is responsible for the massive surge in consumer energy bills, how come SSE (and others probably) are announcing record profits around 80%?

[@theresadare3291]

I absolutely love this debate. I applaud you Julia, you can't penetrate dumbness, ha ha!

[@graystar777]

Green is the new red.

[@CatBlack01]

Very good!

[@ianthompson662]

went passed wind farm 20 of them was not turning full stop.the climate as been changing from day one and will do to the end of time no matter what you do

[@robertpowell7672]

This bloke is not saying what the majority of the public think.

[@IBORTAD]

I have never seen such patience exhibited in my life. I thought someone should have crawled through the Internet-ether and smack him up the side of his head. I couldn't believe what I was watching. Meanwhile my new Media hero is figuratively smacking her head on the desk. Cheers from Vancouver.

[@cynthiastogden7000]

It says food 19.5% increase, try at least doubling that.

[@seandelap8587]

Can you imagine claiming to want to eradicate poverty by championing net zero at the exact same time how does that work exactly

[@circattle]

If people are poor, you can eradicate poverty by removing people.

[@janete5331]

Go Julia !!!!!

[@Humbug-o1c]

Why are they not handing Sue Grays diaries over to the police, can establish the truth about her conversations with Starmer.

[@daveblack5109]

Because they haven't decided what the truth is yet...

[@juliegregory3900]

​@@daveblack5109 The whole country is waiting with baited breath on this CRUCIAL question.....

[@daveblack5109]

@@juliegregory3900 You know, I don't think they are. 80% of the eligible population couldn't be bothered to vote at the last elections, as wherever they looked they were unrepresented or felt disenfranchised. Corruption, lack of integrity and lies are pretty much what they expect of their politicians. It's a sad state and the outcome is inevitable.

[@juliegregory3900]

@@daveblack5109 sorry I was being sarky I had gone into Daily Mail mode.....

[@daveblack5109]

@@juliegregory3900 ha ha.. and i was to quick out of the blocks to see it.. doh!

[@lillymay3632]

Renewables are not cheaper when you have windfarms powered with diesel generators!!

[@nancywrong1299]

Weather worriers need labotomising

[@SkotiM]

Gas prices were going up way before the Ukraine war, and if prices were up because of Ukraine then profits wouldn't be. Additionally, currently we are reliant on pver seas suppliers for solar panels, so renewables would still be vulnerable to global shocks.

[@lemoncrash1814]

He is so ridiculously wrong, absolutely 100% wrong, fossil fuels are the cheapest and most reliable, except for hydro electric. That said we should be heating our homes with nuclear and saving our fossils for air travel.

[@themccarthyplan2020]

Diversity will save us 😀

[@metal1999]

Well spoken Julia thanks for standing up for those of us who dont have a voice

[@steverowe3]

Wow he loves the sound of his own voice

[@kym1160]

Go Julia !...you're spot on 👍

[@ib2742]

I'm so happy that JHB is such an expert on everything

[@rosemarywoolley8394]

She has a lot more common sense.

[@ib2742]

@@rosemarywoolley8394 than whom. It's always easy to be critical based upon a non understanding of issues Baseless opinions

[@mattlenton2012]

She is an expert in common sense.ill settle for that any day.

[@ib2742]

@@mattlenton2012 then she's an expert in nothing.

[@rosemarywoolley8394]

@@ib2742 But that's the problem. Knowledge does not always translate to common sense on an issue for some.

[@lenwilkinson672]

Well done Julia,the. Man’s a prat. Glad you put people like him down.

[@MrHammoreds]

"Lots of countries are pursuing net zero, so it must be sensible" said the lemming. "A trillion flies can't be wrong - eat more sh*t". Funnier still: "follow the science".

[@melb5996]

Since when in history has the world all marched to the same tune? NEVER. The answer to ALL the crap going on is that GLOBALISTS are behind everything. The clue is in the name 😁

[@luigiaversa6776]

Just thanks Julia!

[@arlaban22]

Amazing how they avoid talking about the war in Ukrainian pushing up gas prices at all costs....😂😂😂

[@ivansmith2572]

Well said J.H.B

[@awalk5177]

I think we have just seen the reason for the dire economic situation after the overspend in the "pandemic" as this guy was "Former adviser to the Chancellor". I think he should have kept that quiet. But his self importance is apparent. The reason inflation is high is due to supply chain inefficiency, which is due to high road fuel taxes, (cost of going to work for the public) increase in vehicle taxation by 10%, insurance increases, and also the personal taxation bands being frozen which means more people are paying more tax. Prices have risen , taxes have increased and net wages have NOT increased. This guy is mistaken when we have just heard that in Scotland they have had to use DIESEL generators to keep the wind turbines going. How is that "renewable" ? Lithium batteries for EV's and the cost of EV's is extortionate. Net zero is a fantasy for the weak minded.

[@garrymcfadden4105]

And printing shed loads of money. Quantitative easing they call it. I call it counterfeiting

[@johnatkinson7126]

25%green energy surcharge on electricity ,8%green surcharge😊 on gas all deliberate to reduce the amount of disposable cash for the average citizen

[@simonpaine2347]

I'm just flabbergasted by the amount of climate change deniers that are willing to put in writing how ignorant they are.

[@curtisbeach1449]

That was AWESOME...I had to watch it twice))

[@lukeharrop4620]

That escalated quickly

[@Ann-qf5vk]

I'm sighing with you Julia. I'm thinking our combined sighs could keep the lights burning for decades in our lovely wee island.

[@turboslag]

This guy kept saying that gas prices are susceptable to shock volatility, well that hasn't been the case for many decades in the Uk. Gas price has increased but not to the absurd level it is now, so until a certain Russian lunatic fcuked things up it was fine! And what are these backups to so called 'renewables' he kept mentioning?! I hope he doesn't think battery banks are the answer, because they most definitely are not! For hours of darkness and when there is little wind, there are only 2 currently viable sources of grid energy delivery, gas and nuclear, with gas by far the major contributor as our nuclear capacity is low. Also, I wish Julia would tackle the energy companies on why the standing charge is so outragiously high?! In fact, why is there even a standing charge?

[@alvinplummer9308]

Thank god for you Julia

[@dogbreath303]

Why do they never talk about the WEF and its believes on the national news? Clear to see that there is a link between their policies, and changes in countries. It stinks.

[@gisxrboy1856]

Where i live on the south coast of England i feel almost surrounded by solar farms and wind farms, yet my bills keep getting higher. Who is profiting from all these schemes, because it is not my bill, makes me so mad!

[@NathanDanielPrice]

Because no government wants to spend the money on the storage of the power. We produce too much wind power that running it through the system would overload it so we pay ridiculous amounts of money to avoid the problems rather than solving them

[@simonjones2240]

Renewables are not cheaper, that is a fact! They could be but our glorious leaders have created an energy market where the price is set to the most expensive form of generation. And that is the way they want it to stay!

[@terryo5672]

We are with you Julia and I am a 40 year professional engineer in nuclear sector. I can confirm you are right.

[@gc2161]

Renewables are not cheaper. This is wishful thinking.

[@1961-v9k]

Jeeezus this bloke is off the scale nuts 🤯 Advisor to Gordon Brown 🫣🤦🏻‍♀️

[@gufpott]

Julia is right. Michael assumes there will be a fully functioning gas supply industry supplying a liquid market, setting a reliable price of gas. He assumes this will be available to dip into as "back-up", whenever called upon by lack of renewables. But his renewable ideal is supposed to get rid of dependency on gas, and the gas industry, and therefore contradicts the existence of a liquid, well-supplied gas market. He cannot have both: he cannot get rid of the large well-supplied gas market, and then rely on a well-supplied gas market whenever it suits. Anything that tries to achieve these contradictory objectives will be extremely expensive, because it has to contain all of the functionality and reserve of an under-utilised massive gas supply industry. Gas exploration, extraction, gas field operations, storage, pipes to get it to power stations ... the lot! Michael claims to be an energy analyst, but he doesn't understand energy. He's not alone - there are many like him.

[@richardallen503]

Germany shut down about 7 nuclear plants now they have an energy problem , they sure knew what they were doing , we have done the same with power stations ?

[@It_is_common_sense]

You can’t put intelligence in an empty head.

[@stratfordbaby]

Backups require MAINTENANCE of the plants and access to the fuel. Using renewables is simply gauche... when you could use something more reliable and cheaper, you instead switch to 'renewables' which demand a backup fuel as insurance. Ridiculous.

[@margyrowland]

Julia is right. CO2 is not pollution. Plants take it in and release oxygen. It’s pumped into greenhouses to increase yields.

[@jeffsimon9594]

Furious clash with Frank Spencer

[@Contramariah]

Many reasons for being unemployed? Mmm how about streamlining the DBS process as I’ve now been waiting a week shy of 3 months for a DBS to start a job. This country is going to hell in a hand basket!!!

[@rongoodwin4053]

Love you Julia.

[@davidbanner9001]

The wind and the sun are not volatile in anyway. They are constantly the same always. The wind never blows less and we never ship wind turbines from China, which were never made from using coal powered power stations. Clean energy is a constant you can rely on always!

[@scampykaynine8073]

Horrible! Julia is unable to guide the interview to a productive place. I wouldn't complain if she were sacked.

[@stephenholmes1036]

The gentleman doesnt listen

[@si1208]

I sympathise with Julia's frustration - he's so brainwashed!

[@iancampbell8649]

Oh, this was so funny.... well done Julia!