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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - British Industrial Energy Use Plummets, Signaling Looming Economic Crisis. Thu Aug 20 11:45:07 2026

A new analysis highlights how soaring energy costs and policies prioritizing renewables are contributing to Britain's economic stagnation and deindustrialization.

A new analysis highlights how soaring energy costs and policies prioritizing so-called renewables are contributing to Britain’s economic stagnation and deindustrialization. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Britain is on a “path to impoverishment” as soaring energy costs and declining consumption threaten to drive deindustrialization and economic stagnation, according to a new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs. Britain now has the highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world, while overall energy consumption has fallen 29.2 percent since its 2005 peak and industrial use has plunged 45.3 percent since 2004. DETAIL: The report found that Britain uses roughly half as much energy per person as the average…Open

REDSTATE (The Heartland Institute) - Coal Still Dominates Wind and Solar, and Will for the Foreseeable Future Wed Jul 29 10:18:40 2026

NEWSCATS - China Failed and Tried to Cover This Up Mon Jun 29 19:05:12 2026

Image: Remove the crude oil, and you do not merely dim the lights. You dismantle society! Related: Britain: Time To Go Back To Coal Can solar and wind + batteries really provide 24/7/365 electricity? Net [...]

AMERICANTHINKER - Wind power and the iron law of diminishing returns Thu Jun 18 14:54:50 2026

Until recently, this double whammy was not obvious to UK ratepayers.

JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Democrats try rhetoric to sell voters on a bill that would bring back Biden-era climate policies Sun Mar 29 02:52:52 2026

Among other things, the Energy Bills Relief Act would promote the development of wind and solar farms on public lands, bring back Biden's LNG policies, and reinstate renewable energy subsidies that were ousted with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. More than half of House Democrats have signed on in support of the bill, despite polling that shows a decline in popularity of "green" energy.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Iain Macwhirter) - British Energy Policy’s Suicidal Empathy Sat Feb 7 05:26:13 2026

Great Britain should be a virtual energy superpower. It is an island with prodigious reserves of energy, both carbon-based and renewable. The North Sea oil and gas fields may be in decline, but there are still around 14 billion barrels of the black stuff lurking under the waves, and new discoveries are being made every […] The post British Energy Policy’s Suicidal Empathy appeared first on The American Conservative .

UK Special Coverage British Energy Policy’s Suicidal Empathy The UK could be an energy superpower. Why isn’t it? UK Special Coverage Credit: Neil Michael Great Britain should be a virtual energy superpower. It is an island with prodigious reserves of energy, both carbon-based and renewable. The North Sea oil and gas fields may be in decline, but there are still around 14 billion barrels of the black stuff lurking under the waves, and new discoveries are being made every year. Windy Britain also boasts 42 percent of Europe’s offshore wind capacity. And of course the UK is sitting on vast reserves of shale and the coal which made this country the cradle of the Industrial Revolution. So with all this energy, why are British…Open