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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Is there enough uranium for the nuclear renaissance? Many clean power plans assume a massive expansion of nuclear power. Demand is set to roughly double by 2040, but supply looks increasingly fragile. davidturver.substack.com/p/enough-ura...
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Is There Enough Uranium for the Nuclear Renaissance?
Many clean power plans rely on a massive expansion of nuclear power, but is there enough uranium to meet demand?
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The CCC says LHR can't expand unless aviation “cleans up” its emissions. They say the bill for emissions reduction should fall on passengers: +£150 on a return to Alicante, +£400 to New York, by 2050. And their plans rely on rainbows and unicorn technology. davidturver.substack.com/p/the-ccc-is...
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The CCC is Coming for Your Holiday
Climate Change Committee calls for new taxes and extra costs on flying.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has noticed the public turning against Net Zero. Their fix is not cheaper, more reliable energy. It is a rebrand, censorship of dissenters and more official propaganda. davidturver.substack.com/p/esnz-calls...
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ESNZ Calls for More Net Zero Propaganda
Energy Security and Net Zero committee calls for more trusted messengers to combat misinformation.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Open letter to Martin Lewis. October’s price cap rise is mostly gas. That’s not the whole story. On a like-for-like 2,500 kWh bill, Net Zero-related policy & system costs have been the biggest driver & official forecasts say those costs double again by 30/31 davidturver.substack.com/p/open-lette...
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Open Letter to Martin Lewis
Time to consider the Net Zero impact on electricity bills.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Guardian quotes an alarmist paper saying burning Rosebank and Jackdaw oil & gas would cause £119–336bn of climate damage — or £170–483bn in a high-production case. These numbers are designed to block approval and don’t survive even cursory scrutiny. davidturver.substack.com/p/will-roseb...
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Will Rosebank and Jackdaw Really Destroy £170–483bn of Value?
The climate alarmists are making false claims to derail approval of Jackdaw and Rosebank.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My speech at Reform Fringe. Thanks to Net Zero, Britain has the highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world. Domestic prices are also increasing the cost of living. How do we unravel net zero and cut £30bn/yr from electricity system costs. davidturver.substack.com/p/what-to-do...
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What To Do About Net Zero
My speech to the Reform fringe.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Government legalises plug-in solar, but some retailers peddling non-compliant devices. davidturver.substack.com/p/plug-in-so...
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Plug-In Solar Shambles
Government legalises plug-in solar, but some retailers peddling non-compliant devices.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
New report from Onward is a welcome step in the right direction, but isn’t enough to get electricity prices down to even today’s too high levels. davidturver.substack.com/p/electricit...
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Electricity Costs Onward and Upwards
New report from Onward not enough to stop electricity prices rising.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My chapter for a new book from the IEA. High energy costs arising from Net Zero are driving the great stagnation. davidturver.substack.com/p/energy-cos...
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How Energy Costs are Driving the Great Stagnation
Energy costs are a big reason why Britain has stopped growing. Chapter of a new book for the Institute of Economic Affairs.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Last week, Miatta Fahnbulleh didn't accept that Net Zero & green levies are increasing energy bills. She also complained there was a lot of misinformation in the debate about costs. Fortunately, I had already published the rebuttal paper. davidturver.substack.com/p/fahnbulleh...
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Fahnbulleh Refuses to Accept Reality
New Energy Secretary denies Net Zero policies are increasing energy bills.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Recently, it has felt like a new dawn on energy policy with the energy jedi winning the argument against Net Zero by 2050. But the green empire is striking back. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Green Empire Strikes Back
The green empire is fighting back to protect Net Zero, but the energy jedi will prevail.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It isn't just the Climate Change Act that enforces Net Zero. The law fixes the destination, Carbon Budgets set the pace, delivery plans divide the burden, spatial plans allocate geography and regulators authorise the spending. Beyond democratic control. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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The Net Zero Machine Laid Bare
How the Law, Civil Service and quangos work together to enforce Net Zero.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🚨When frequency & inertia limits and safety margin breaches are met with denial and obfuscation, you know NESO is facing a serious credibility outage. Whistleblowers have gone to the Shadow Energy Secretary with concerns about grid security. What is going on? open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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NESO Suffers Credibility Outage
Whistleblowers, low frequency and low inertia incidents deal seven strikes against NESO credibility.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
🚨New article showing the UK electricity grid expansion for Clean Power 2030 is in chaos. We need to build twice as much transmission grid in the next 5 years as in the last decade — but costs are exploding and projects are massively delayed. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Grid Expansion Chaos
Soaring costs and significant delays demonstrate the need for independent scrutiny.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
UK grid costs set to soar even higher. Grid integration costs are already forecast to triple from £8bn to £25bn by 2030/31. Now NESO is asking for another £89bn of grid spending beyond 2030. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Grid Costs Set to Soar Even Higher
NESO calls for an extra £89bn of grid spending beyond 2030.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
🚨The UK Government’s plug-in solar safety report is a shocker! They’re pushing plug-in panels hard for net zero, but the safety study by unqualified person has serious flaws that put homeowners at risk. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Plug-In Solar Safety Shocker
Safety study did not test protection devices installed in most households and of most concern to professionals and was produced by an apparently unqualified person.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
All the claims about Net Zero from the temperature record through catastrophic warming to cheap renewables and becoming a green energy superpower are fake. Sooner or later the debt to the truth must be repaid. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Everything About Net Zero is Fake
All the claims about Net Zero from the temperature record through catastrophic warming to cheap renewables and becoming a green energy superpower are fake
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The Government is about to approve the 7th Carbon Budget (CB7) on the basis of an Impact Assessment that its own numbers show is worse than a cheaper alternative. Is it time to put Ed Miliband in the dock and test his arguments in a fair judicial review? open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Time for Judicial Review of 7th Carbon Budget?
The CCC's CB7 rests on renewables cost assumptions much lower than the UK government's latest LCOE estimates.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Miliband’s Clean Power 2030 Plan Off the Rails open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Miliband’s Clean Power 2030 Plan Off the Rails
Soaring costs, failure to deliver wind and solar capacity and Drax withdrawal from BECCS show Miliband’s CP2030 plan is off the rails.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Reform and Tory Policies Not Enough to Reverse Miliband’s Net Zero Madness open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Reform and Tory Policies Not Enough to Reverse Miliband’s Net Zero Madness
Opposition parties will need to go further than cancelling AR7, eliminating carbon taxes and abolishing ROCs to bring electricity bills down.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The UK government loves boasting it has halved emissions since 1990. But is the claim real…or are they just cooking the books? New article up this morning. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Fake Accounting Exaggerates Emissions Reduction Claims
Consumption emissions reveal the collapse of vital industries.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
UK energy policy is economic self-harm. Labour banning new North Sea drilling licences + fracking — right as the Strait of Hormuz crisis hits. Yet oil & gas extraction is one of our MOST productive industries. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Drill Baby Drill to Drive Growth and Improve Productivity
Oil and gas extraction is one of our highest productivity industries so it makes sense to restart drilling.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Renewable Investment Companies in Denial. Renewables investment companies are not fully evaluating the risks of abolishing carbon taxes and removing ROC subsidies. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Renewable Investment Companies in Denial
Renewables investment companies are not fully evaluating the risks of abolishing carbon taxes and removing ROC subsidies.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Energy UK catches a bad case of Net Zero Derangement Syndrome by claiming that removing carbon taxes will increase bills. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Energy UK Catches Net Zero Derangement Syndrome
False claims in Energy UK's latest carbon pricing report shows they are losing the plot
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Government said they reduced the indexation rate for renewables because they'd been over-compensated. That's not even half the story. New analysis shows wind farms have already received more in subsidy than the build cost, enriching overseas investors. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Offshore Wind Farms Being Over-Compensated
Many offshore wind farms have received more in subsidies than the initial build cost, surely that is more than enough.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
£585bn of our money being spent on Net Zero and energy related subsidies. We're subsidising renewables and the backup for renewables which of course creates expensive energy, so we have to further subsidise businesses to use it. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Now There's £585bn of Subsidies Galore
Updated subsidy database shows the government plans to lavish over £585bn of our money on Net Zero and energy related subsidies.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Ember, the people who came up with Miliband's promise to cut bills by £300 have been torturing the data to claim renewables saved money in March. Record CfD subsidies of £258m tell a different story. We're witnessing the dying embers of Net Zero propaganda open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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The Dying Embers of Net Zero Propaganda
Ember's shameless propaganda cannot hide record CfD subsidies in March 2026
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) Models are Junk open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Levelised Cost of Energy Models are Junk
Fake LCOE model results are being used to poison the debate about the cost of renewables
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
We're facing an energy crisis that is going to require radical solutions to solve. Many countries are ramping up coal-fired electricity generation in response. Is it time for the UK to go for Coal not Cold? open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Coal Not Cold
The energy crisis calls for pragmatic solutions to keep us warm and the lights on.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
MPs failure to back more North Sea drilling in the face of the worst ever energy disruption is tantamount to treason. MPs Put Net Zero Above Energy Security open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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MPs Put Net Zero Above Energy Security
Parliamentary vote against more North Sea drilling is tantamount to treason.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
More Climate Change Committee Claptrap open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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More Climate Change Committee Claptrap
The CCC’s latest supplementary analysis of the Seventh Carbon Budget report doubles down on past errors.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
New deep dive: "Octopus Smoke and Mirrors" exposes what's really going on behind the hype at Octopus, the UK's biggest energy supplier. Spoiler: a lot of valuation puffery, restated accounts and marketing flim-flam hiding persistent losses. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Octopus Smoke and Mirrors
Separating Kraken and restating accounts will not address the underlying problems at Octopus Energy.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
New article. The UK's headlong rush to Net Zero is sending us down the road to serfdom. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Shuffling energy costs from bills to general taxation is just an elaborate shell game that cannot hide the real costs of renewables. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Labour's Energy Bill Shell Game
Shuffling costs cannot hide the increasing costs of renewables.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Electricity productivity has halved since 2005. Intermittent renewables are driving us over the energy cliff. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Electricity Productivity Data Shows we are Falling Down the Energy Cliff
Electricity generation productivity has halved since electricity generation peaked in 2005
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We spent more on CfD subsidies in January 2026 than any other January. Higher subsidies on the way in February because gas and carbon prices have fallen. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Record January CfD Subsidies in 2026
We spent more on CfD subsidies in January 2026 than any other January with more to come in February.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
AR7a Results Expose Government Lies. Government departments, ministers and agencies are not telling the truth about the cost of renewables and Net Zero. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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AR7a Results Expose Government Lies
Government departments, ministers and agencies are not telling the truth about the cost of renewables and Net Zero.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
One failed turbine at Scroby Sands exposes the scale of the costs of decommissioning offshore wind farms. And there’s precious little cash being set aside to cover the costs. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Scroby Sands Lights the Fuse of the Decommissioning Timebomb
Provision for decommissioning one offshore wind turbine is six times the rate for the other 29 turbines.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
One failed turbine at Scroby Sands exposes the scale of the costs of decommissioning offshore wind farms. And there’s precious little cash being set aside to cover the costs. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Scroby Sands Lights the Fuse of the Decommissioning Timebomb
Provision for decommissioning one offshore wind turbine is six times the rate for the other 29 turbines.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
FiT the Bill. Cost of electricity from Feed-in-Tariff scheme is up, even though the over all cost of the scheme has fallen slightly. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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FiT the Bill
Overall cost of Feed-in-Tariffs and electricity generation down but unit costs up.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If NESO cannot produce a complete set of energy scenarios and we can't rely on their numbers, then what is the point of NESO? open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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What is the Point of NESO?
If NESO cannot produce proper energy scenarios and costs of Net Zero why does it exist?
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Another record year for CfD subsidies in 2025, with a record £2.6bn paid out to renewables generators. Where does all the money go? open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Another Record Year for CfD Subsidies in 2025
A record £2.6bn in subsidies for renewables Contracts for Difference paid out in 2025.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
AR7 Results Show Miliband, NESO and CCC are Gaslighting the Nation open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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AR7 Results Show Miliband, NESO and CCC are Gaslighting the Nation
AR7 locks in index-linked high prices for decades
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Carbon Costs Driving Up Electricity Prices Gas prices have fallen in recent months, but electricity prices haven't. It's not just renewables subsidies pushing up electricity bills, time to take a look at carbon costs. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Carbon Costs Driving Up Electricity Prices
Remove carbon costs to cut electricity bills
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Alastair and Rory caught telling porkies about solar power while shilling for lossmaking Fuse Energy. When facts and truth are ignored, The Rest is Propaganda. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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The Rest is Propaganda
Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart blow a Fuse promoting solar power
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
New article up this morning. A review of the year through the lens of panto. Featuring Widow Twankey Ed Miliband and the ursine polyamorous throuple running the Green Party open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Energy Policy Pantomime
Eigen Values review of the year.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Recent data from the Government for 1st half of 2025 shows we still have the most expensive industrial electricity prices and close to the most expensive domestic electricity, despite gas-prices being competitive in Europe. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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High UK Electricity Prices Continue into 2025
New Government data for first half of 2025 shows the UK still has the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
With its new economic annex setting out the costs, NESO has inadvertently blown the doors off Net Zero. And even then, the costs of action are understated and the costs of stopping the race to Net Zero overstated. NESO Blows the Doors Off Net Zero open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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NESO Blows the Doors Off Net Zero
NESO’s economic annex dramatically understates the cost of Net Zero.
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
None of the catastrophic climate predictions have come to pass. Emperor Ed Miliband has been left alone, shivering half-naked on the rapidly shrinking net zero iceberg. Time to follow the science and ditch Net Zero. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Follow the Science and Ditch Net Zero
None of the catastrophic climate predictions have come to pass and Ed Miliband was left out in the cold at COP30, so why are we still aiming for Net Zero?
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davidturver.bsky.social @davidturver.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Why is my Energy Bill Even Higher open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
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Why is my Energy Bill Even Higher
Gas prices down, but the energy cap has gone up. What is going on?
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