The Green Agenda Is Spiking Energy Costs in England. America Should Take Note.

August 15, 2022

Americans should heed the dire warning that is coming from across the pond. In the United Kingdom, energy prices are soaring, and costs for British families are only going to climb higher this winter. The reason: the green agenda.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: 

It’s a steep price for climate alarmism. Households are likely to see the average bill for electricity and natural gas climb to £4,400 ($5,370) a year in the first half of 2023, according to a report this week from Cornwall Insight, a consulting firm. This is after the regulatory price cap shot up 54% to about £2,000 in April with another 40%-plus increase due in October and further increases after that. Britain’s median income after direct taxes is £31,400. Skyrocketing fuel prices could push 10.5 million households, or one-third, into fuel poverty next year, says the End Fuel Poverty Coalition.

The United States should not repeat England’s mistake. Our country is blessed with abundant natural energy resources like coal, natural gas, oil, and uranium. We need all of America’s energy to avoid a future that looks like the British present. President Biden’s war on American fossil energy has set us on the same path that the United Kingdom took. We must change course now to avoid an energy future that looks like the struggles the British now face.