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Wind Turbines (Credit: Sterling Thermal Technology)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The UK faces a critical crossroads in its energy future, industry leaders and politicians have warned at the Offshore Europe conference in Aberdeen. But it is becoming clearer by the day, as target after target is missed, that the NetZero project cannot remain as one of the signposts at the crossroads.<\/p>\n

Net Zero is impoverishing the people, sacrificing prosperity on the altar of an man-made idol of climate fanaticism. The Bible says our leaders have a choice:<\/p>\n

1Chron 16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2019Jet Zero\u2019<\/h2>\n

When Boris Johnson promised Britain would lead the world into an age of \u201cjet zero,\u201d<\/b><\/a> the former prime minister spoke of transatlantic flights powered by sustainable fuels, making air travel \u2018guilt-free\u2019.<\/p>\n

Billions across the West were poured into research on hydrogen-electric engines, synthetic fuels, and new battery technologies. Airlines have been forced to meet quotas for green fuel, while passengers have faced rising aviation taxes in the name of \u2018climate responsibility\u2019.<\/p>\n

Five years on, the vision is collapsing. Shell has pulled the plug on a major sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)<\/b><\/a> project in the Netherlands, saying it is too costly and uncompetitive. Analysts now describe the SAF industry as running out of momentum, with even global giants unable to produce affordable fuels at scale.<\/p>\n

Electric Aircraft? Dream on<\/h2>\n
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Dale Vince<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Britain, Dale Vince\u2019s \u201cEcojet,\u201d heralded as the flag-carrier of green aviation, has laid off most of its staff and is struggling to raise the \u00a320 million needed to launch.<\/p>\n

And speaking of \u2018launch\u2019, or rather \u2018take-off\u2019, it is now clear that the electric aeroplanes which formed a crucial part of \u2018Ecojet\u2019 will remain a pipe-dream for one crucial reason: Landing.<\/p>\n

Putting an aircraft down onto the tarmac is far more challenging than coaxing it into the air on take-off in the first place. A modern jet airliner can weigh as much as one hundred tons less when landing than it did at takeoff, having expended its fuel on the way. That loss in weight enables the pilot to land safely. The safety issue explains why airline pilots forced into an early emergency landing must, if fuelled up for a long haul, first dump tons of kerosene into the air.<\/p>\n

An electric aircraft weighs the same at landing as takeoff. Either the battery will be so small the aircraft will be restricted to a micro route or any pilot will take a risk landing the brute.<\/p>\n