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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

How to drive progress on the green transition

The Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the coast of north Wales.
The Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the coast of north Wales. Photograph: Robin Weaver/Alamy

Your editorial is spot-on (The Guardian view on the green transition: politicians should speed it up – and households too, 4 May). Sadly many of the policies implemented by politicians are counterproductive, based on the fear of public backlash. Fossil fuel tax cuts encourage climate harm and will exacerbate the coming shortages.

Nuclear power is a way to spend billions today that will have no impact for at least a decade, while readily available competitive solutions go begging. Fuel rationing and efforts to hasten the transition nudge us in the right direction, though they still lack a clear financial signal for the wider economy and households.

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