Yesterday it was claimed in both the Mail and the Telegraph that energy prices were likely to increase by almost a third to £1,900 by the end of the decade.
Yesterday it was claimed in both the Mail and the Telegraph that energy prices were likely to increase by almost a third to £1,900 by the end of the decade.
The claim was based on a report by the Taxpayers’ Alliance and was really intended to show how energy bills were being driven up by green taxes.
The TPA report claimed that electricity bills would increase by 29 per cent between now and 2020 due to green measures, and 100 per cent by 2030 – based on a report by Liberum Capital.
However as Damian Kahya puts it at the Greenpeace Energydesk blog:
“Energydesk contacted the TPA to ask how they’d worked this out. Their response is somewhat confusing…What they are saying here is that the government wants gas bills to be high because otherwise people will revolt against rising electricity bills to pay for clean energy. If this were true, it would be the story of the century and act of political self-destruction on an epic scale. But it’s not….
“Most people, including The Committee on Climate Change and The government and The CBI say gas prices have risen (driving up bills) and will probably rise more. But they do not predict they’ll rise because of a conspiracy to ensure they keep pace with green energy.
“They predict they’ll rise because gas is getting more expensive. In fact, that tends to be cited as a reason to use green energy – so as to protect consumers from rising gas prices.
“If, as some others predict, gas prices do not rise, then the pressure on consumers paying a gas and electricity bill will be reduced. In other words, they will be more able to afford any increases in their electricity bills.
“In short, the claim made by the TaxPayers’ Alliance – which underlay two national stories and a parliamentary campaign – has no evidence to support it at all.”
Definitely worth a read.
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14 Responses to “Misleading Taxpayers’ Alliance claims about green energy costs”
brossen99
Seems like you still can’t grasp these facts ?
http://nollyprott.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/the-alleged-unintended-consequences-of-the-carbon-dioxide-causes-climate-change-scam/
Or see this ?
http://nollyprott.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/green-holocaust-2/
brossen99
Come to think of it this article infers that like I always said the greens were working in the interest of the oil companies the proof is the fact that it was BP Shell and Tesco backing Corporate-Nazi Gordon Brown to push for global Co2 trading at Copenhagen back in 2009 !
http://nollyprott.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/the-corporate-nazi-arch-plan-for-the-uk-agenda-21/
Theyareviciousscammerchants
OAP killers
SadButMadLad
The reason gas prices and electricity prices are soaring IS because of green energy. Because the power companies have to buy green energy at huge inflated prices as opposed to what the real price is. All to compensate and subsidise the green energy providers so that they go and make more green energy machines.
brossen99
You are really afraid of my articles to take them down so much for democracy apparently none on the left ?