The destruction of once reliable and affordable electricity supplies is so evidently deliberate, it can no longer be put down to ignorance, alone.

Nothing but brazen ideology sits beneath the claim that we are a heartbeat away from a transition to an all wind and sun powered future. We are continually told that, putting aside the need for a few trillion dollars’ worth of imaginary grid-scale storage systems, we’re almost there.

Well, that’s the meme, anyway.

Back on terra firma, things haven’t exactly panned out as planned unless, of course, the plan was economic destruction starting with entrenched energy poverty and, ultimately, deindustrialisation.

If you’re looking to understand what the ‘inevitable transition’ means for you, Britain’s power pricing and supply calamity is as good a place as any to start.

James McSweeney and Paul Homewood layout what’s in store below.

British Energy Planning (A Horror Story)
The Critic
James McSweeney

By Tim Graham ~

I have a confession: I’m one of many Americans who love watching The Great British Baking Show on Netflix. The episode that dropped on Friday tried to go from cookies (“biscuits”) and bread to “Mexican Week,” and you might guess this would be triggering for liberal Americans who think they are the most Mexican-sensitive Americans.

Over at the website Decider.com — which tells you what’s streaming on your TV — critic Meghan O’Keefe was having a cow under the headline:

‘The Great British Baking Show’ “Mexican Week” is a Disaster on So Many Levels.”

Meghan claimed to be a longtime fan of the show, “but this particular week — with its offensive stereotypes, befuddled bakers, and layered tres leches cakes — threatened to undo all the good will the show has accumulated over the years.” Oh, the “sins” that were committed! Sins of hubris!