Post #4509285
2026-07-17 16:57 UTC
@shonin@c.im There's certainly people in the Labour Party arguing to open new oil fields in the North Sea.
Which, because of the way international oil markets work, won't even actually reduce the price of energy to the consumer or do much to increase sovereign independence, but would give some tax receipts to the exchequer and lots of profits to the party donors from the oil industry.
Not sure you need to think about entropy to realize that it's a mistake, and that it'd end with more heatdomes and super-el-ninio and wildfires and heatstroke death.
Andy's team has people for and also people against it. We'll see which faction wins out.
Replies (1)
-
@pre@boing.world 2026-07-17 17:31
@shonin@c.im Ah, new drilling sounds like it's on the cards then. 😦 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/burnham-to-back-north-sea-oil-and-take-control-of-thames-water