Britain’s era of cheap energy gone for good

The former chairman of the Environment Agency warned the masses that the era of cheap energy for Britain is over and it may be over for good. Britain is now paying the price of becoming a low-carbon economy. The former chairman points his finger at the politicians whom he accuses of being dishonest with the public regarding the costs of developing new forms of clean energy and making it available to the public.

Fuel poverty is a problem that Britain has gotten itself into. The environmentalist calls for measures that need to be taken in order to recover from this problem. According to the former chairman thorough price controls need to be implemented on fuel. State sponsored subsidies should also be issued in order to prevent the development of a new low carbon poor class of people.

Sir John has made his thoughts public in a hard hitting Fabian Society pamphlet that is set to be released this month. He accesses the politicians of failing to match their promises regarding green with their actions saying they are “badly out of touch with the reality”. In the Green Crunch he wrote “It is extremely unlikely that we will ever get back to the retail energy prices of the past 15 years or so. Yet I do not think that this fact is being squarely presented to the electorate nor would it be an obvious vote-winner to do so.

He went further on to say “We need to acknowledge that there is, in a civilized society, a right to expect affordable access to warmth, light, and the other benefits which energy delivers and that this can only be protected as prices rise by intervention, either in the energy markets or through the welfare system.”

Amongst the things he pointed out was Gordon Brown’s failure to implement the green taxes that had been promised by him back in 1997. Sir John expressed his confidence in Barack Obama and stated that his team was the natural party that would be willing and able to face the environmental challenges.

Sir John has also served as the former Labour Council leader urged the politicians to be more honest with the masses regarding the environmental issues. He stressed that the environmental issues showed be given the same amount of important as social and economic issues are.