UK ‘Zero Net’ Miliband’s policy questioned as a threat to British security, ‘China dominates all the green technology’
Key takeaways
- Increased production of clean British energy will help to ensure that enemies of the United Kingdom cannot attack the energy security of the British people.
- The vast majority of Britain s solar panels and almost all the rare earths used in the generators of UK wind turbines come from China, giving Beijing a stranglehold on global markets.
- Since 2024, Miliband has been pushing, sometimes without full disclosure say opponents, to make Britain 100 per cent green by 2030.
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The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband has been accused of handing Beijing a kill switch over the British economy, after claiming that green energy will end the UK's reliance on Vladimir Putin s Russia for its fuel needs.
London media, The Express more precisely, reports that in the King s speech on Wednesday, King Charles, speaking on behalf of Keir Starmer s government, said: Energy independence must be a long-term goal of national security. Increased production of clean British energy will help to ensure that enemies of the United Kingdom cannot attack the energy security of the British people.
But critics say Net Zero and clean British energy simply transfers reliance, and potential economic sabotage, to an even more dangerous state: China, which controls almost the entire planet s supply chains for green technology.