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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Matthew Taylor

More drilling in North Sea ‘not the answer’ for UK energy security, say former military leaders

An oil rig structure in a harbour.
Attempting to eke out the remaining oil and gas from the North Sea was ‘not the answer’ to the challenges facing the UK, said the retired R Adm Neil Morisetti. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

More drilling in the North Sea would do nothing to improve the UK’s energy security, former military leaders have said, as a new analysis finds no fossil fuel importer is safe from chokepoints in the global supply chain.

The government should focus on a rapid transition to a mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy to ensure the UK’s future security, the former military leaders told the Guardian, as well as a programme of energy efficiency and a “major renewal” of the electricity grid.

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