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Idk. This is much simpler and a relatively small amount of money.
I'd definitely like to see more imagination and ambition, but I can absolutely see why you'd go for the easy win first.
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Could not disagree more.
Building more wind turbines or investing in battery storage is simple and an easy win.
How about spending £22 billion on an EV charging network across the UK. As well as the jobs and private investment that would facilitate, how many more people would switch to EV's in the next 5 - 10 years?
CCS has never been used commercially in the UK before. It's grasping at straws, geo-engineering solutions put forward by fossil fuel companies to extend their life a little bit longer.
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If they were announcing billions of pounds on insulating homes, or increasing battery production, or building EV charging infrastructure across the country, or installing solar panels on every building, or massively ramping up wind production, or any of a hundred other tested, viable schemes, and then announced £22 billion funding for CCS, then fine.
But they haven't. They are leading their green budget proposal with this. Such a massive miss.