As Dale Vince (Ecotricity) points out, all that is required to reduce energy prices (specifically electricity) in the UK is to remove the requirement from the auction system that the price is dictated by the highest bid (nearly always that made by gas).

Breaking the link with gas prices (and allowing each energy source to be supplied at its actual bid price) would immediately reduce energy prices across the country.

Moreover the Govt. has the power to do this, they just don't!

#energy
h/t FT

USA now has world’s third worst climate policy, says German NGO.

Its badness ranks after Saudi Arabia and Iran, and before Russia, in the Climate Change Performance Index ranking.

english.elpais.com/climate/202…

#Climate #COP30 #USA #USPol #FossilFuels #Russia #Iran #SaudiArabia #Trump #Energy

US joins Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Russia in the group of countries doing the least to combat climate change

A report ranking the international response to global warming warns of a ‘large-scale rollback of climate policies’ under Trump

^{Manuel Planelles (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

Outstanding.

climatedrift.substack.com/p/wh…

#solarpunk #energytransition #solar #energy #africa

Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa

Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past

^{Skander Garroum (Climate Drift)}