Open letter to Sunak: No new gas!

Our over-reliance on gas is what has caused energy bills to skyrocket in recent years. Now, more than ever, we need affordable, home-grown, renewable energy - not fossil fuels.

Sign the open letter to help us show Rishi Sunak and his Government that our country should and could be running on local wind and solar - not expensive, imported gas.

To Prime Minister Rishi Sunak:

We want to express our deep concern about the news of your Government’s plans to build new gas-fired power plants in the UK.

People in the UK have suffered through years of unaffordable energy bills and skyrocketing rates of fuel poverty - largely due to our country’s over-reliance on gas. Now, more than ever, we need home-grown, green, renewable energy, not expensive fossil fuels.

Mass investment in the rapid acceleration of renewable energy could ensure our country is running on local wind and solar power while creating millions of jobs. Investment in large scale battery storage would help to ensure reliable supply. The UK could be leading the world in the transition to green energy.

Instead, building new gas-fired power plants in the UK would make us more reliant on the whims of a volatile international gas market, where prices can suddenly skyrocket, as we’ve seen so clearly in recent years. It is also unrealistic to think that the UK can extract all the gas we need from the North Sea which means we would be more reliant on expensive, imported gas and leaving our energy security in the hands of major gas-producing countries - like Russia. And in addition, as even prominent Conservative politicians have admitted, the gas produced in the North Sea will be sold on the open, global market to the highest bidder - not kept for our own use.

The government should be urgently investing in delivering renewable energy sources such as onshore wind, offshore wind and solar power at the speed and scale required to meet our net zero targets. Modelling shows that if we speed up our transition to renewable energy, we could reduce our reliance on gas to almost zero by 2030, and avoid £93 billion in gas costs in the process. Additionally, it should be investing in the UK’s existing and new-build housing stock with energy efficiency measures and heat pumps that will make our homes fit for the future and support people with the cost of living crisis.

It’s simple. A rapid expansion of renewable energy in the UK would bring down bills, reduce climate impact and make us more energy independent. More gas power plants would do the exact opposite.

350.org
Fuel Poverty Action
Stop Rosebank
Uplift

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Open letter to Sunak: No new gas!

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