Catherine McBride: “Premeditated Industrial Destruction?”...

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Catherine McBride talks about her paper “Premeditated Industrial Destruction,” arguing UK net-zero policies have driven deindustrialization without lowering global emissions by shifting production and emissions to countries like China. They discuss UK energy reliance on fossil fuels (about 75–80%), gas backup for wind, bans and legal obstacles to new North Sea and shale projects while importing gas, and high industrial electricity costs from wind-related grid and balancing costs plus multiple carbon taxes. McBride criticizes EV mandates and fines, insufficient charging and grid capacity, and policies pushing carmakers and firms like BP away. She says EU net-zero rules hurt farming and industry, notes coal’s role and storage advantages, questions activist funding (including alleged Russian support), and contrasts Norway’s hydro and state oil strategy with UK decisions.00:00 Meet Catherine McBride00:11 How Net Zero Killed Industry02:37 Fossil Fuels Reality Check04:19 Importing Gas While Banning Drilling07:05 Norway Hydro And LNG09:33 Hybrids Versus Pure EVs11:54 EV Mandates And Car Industry Exit15:38 China EVs And Charging Limits19:05 Grid Can’t Handle Electrification35:33 BP Profits Politics And US Option37:37 Free Speech Shift And Chris Wright Wish38:54 UK Cabinet Energy Illiteracy41:29 Coal Mines Versus Activists43:44 Europe’s Coal Reality Check47:50 Batteries and Load Shedding51:45 Why Solar Fails in Britain53:48 Subsidies Warp Farming57:16 Tariffs and Media Blind Spots01:03:29 NGO Funding and Anti-Fracking01:06:29 Russia Gas Markets and Nord Stream01:08:52 Norway’s Oil Wealth Playbook01:10:27 UK Bets on Carbon Capture01:11:37 Trees Beat Tech Wrap-Uphttps://x.com/CeeMacBeehttps://catherinemcbride.substack.com/Premeditated Industrial Destruction?: https://gbbc.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Premeditated-Industrial-Destruction-Final-6th-April-2026-with-added-security-issue-v2.pdf=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

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