It has been almost seven months since Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine. Throughout the last few months, countries, including the United States, condemned the invasion and deemed Putin to be nothing more than a dictator. The mainstream media continues to report on the conflict with the Biden administration asking for more funding to help the Ukrainian forces defend themselves. As a result of countries backing Ukraine, Putin severely limited gas exports from Russia to Europe and other NATO countries after heavy sanctions were placed on his country. Now, the new U.K. Prime Minister, Liz Truss, announced the end of England’s fracking ban in hopes of easing the energy crisis.
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Only gaining office a few short weeks ago, the announcement from Liz Truss marks one of her first major decisions as Prime Minister. She also revealed that she was placing a national freeze on energy prices per household. In 2022, household energy costs climbed to over $4,100. Under the guidance of Truss, the cost will be capped at $2,900 a year.
Banned back in 2019, the move to start fracking again could come as early as March of 2023. Releasing a statement on Thursday, Truss said, “Putin’s war in Ukraine and weaponization of gas supply in Europe is causing global prices to rise – and this has only made clearer that we must boost our long-term energy security and supply. We will take action immediately to help people and businesses with bills but also take decisive action to tackle the root cause of these problems so that we are not in this position again.”
While presenting the solution to the energy problem in the U.K., Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer explained how the cost of such a plan will not be handled by the energy firms but by the British taxpayer. And it could reach as high as $116 billion. “The prime minister knows she has no choice but to back an energy price freeze, but it won’t be cheap, and the real choice, the political choice, is who is going to pay. Is she really telling us that she is going to leave (energy companies’) vast excess profits on the table and make working people foot the bill for decades to come?”
Some users agreed with the new stance, writing, “Fixing energy shortage must start with dumping the entire Green Energy agenda and promoting fossil fuels and nuclear power. No subsidies for Green energy! An end to carbon reduction policies and an end to any carbon pollution taxes. Let the free marketplace decide. The insane Green energy agendas must be abandoned! It is neither practical, needed, nor affordable.”
Another person added, “Finally, someone has come to their senses on the need for energy other than the pretty color of green…Green is fine, but it has to be developed/explored alongside fossil fuel energy until it is fully ready to take over.”
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“Some act like Al Gore invented global warming,,,,,,HE DIDN’T,,,, we have been knowing about global warming being caused by pollution since the 1800’s’s,,, before Al gore was even born.
Is he making money by exposing this form of pollution? You bet, but who is making the real money? THE POLUTERS ARE,,, the few millions that Al Gore is profiting in NOTHING compared to the billions that are being made by the people Al Gore is trying to warn us about…and they do not want to pay to clean up the mess they are creating in you’re and my AIR.
BOTH N A S A the people who tell us when the weather is best to launch a space shuttle AND N O A A the people when the weather is best to move U S warships on the oceans are telling us that it is real very real THEY BOTH STUDY THE WEATHER FOR A LIVING , The Ice caps are MELTING,, the sea levels are RISING and global warming is the reason,,,IT MAY BE TO LATE ALREADY THE ice is melting and sea levels are rising from global warming it may be too late already Right now the NORTH POLE has ponds and lakes forming all over the artic AL GORE MAY HAVE BEEN EXACTLY RIGHT…..
THERE is only one group in the whole world that denies global warming just on THE REPUBLICAN PARTY in the United States… THIS is our problem these know global warming is real it is simply CHEAPER to deny it exist…Companies want to come in and, Poisson, Kill, or harm anyone who lives there fill their pockets full of loot then leave a GIANT MESS for the taxpayer to clean up after the company no longer exist…
“EVEN IF THE POLLUTERS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING WHICH THEY DO___
I STILL WOULD EXPECT THEM TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS
Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill — H.R. 2454: American