The Energy Revolution

Can Britain really go Electric? with Ben Westerman


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The Hormuz Oil Crisis is reminding Britain just how reliant we still are on oil and gas.


Our electricity is fairly clean, but only 21% of final energy use is electrified.


The rest - in our homes, our cars, and our industries - relies on increasingly volatile and expensive oil and gas.


Why is Britain so far behind in electrifying compared to countries like France, the Netherlands, or Norway?


And what can be done to reverse course and insulate our economy from global shocks like this in the future?


This week Ben Westerman, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Electrify Britain, joins our host Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett to discuss the state of Britain's electrification.


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Iran | Oil | Renewables | Trump | Geopolitics | EVs | Reform

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