British industry has reached a “tipping point” where the burden imposed by energy and climate change policies will begin to jeopardise jobs and investment, according to the EEF manufacturers’ association.
Oh boy.
Yes, it’s going to be expensive. Energy and climate change “measures” are going to be costly to both companies and individuals. Governments are starting to estimate the “burden” and this manufacturers’ association shoots back that they are underestimating the costs. Called out for special attention is the carbon price floor. “This measure alone would increase the electricity costs of energy-intensive companies by 10 per cent.”
What’s not being counted by the manufacturers association is the cost of extreme weather to the economies of nations and to businesses, not to mention the loss of life. Many of the sustainability leaders on earthsayers.tv, voices of sustainability, point to culture and consciousness as the real driver to change and until such time that the leaders of the manufacturers association begin to raise their consciousness about the seriousness of the situation, that 10% looks like a big number. If we can project what that 10% will save looking at the other end of the measure with a different, but very relevant lens, it will become increasingly obvious that it’s our humanity that’s at the wrong end of the stick, not mother nature, which we have treated as if being owned by organizations and individuals and, therefore, expendable and plentiful, but not renewable.
Yes, it’s going to be expensive and for good reason.