Energy - TPMS Topic Hub
The Peter McCormack Show's coverage of energy - what powers a modern economy, why net-zero policy is failing on its own terms, the case for nuclear, and the political consequences of an energy crisis no one wants to name.
Energy is the foundation under every other story on this show. Without abundant power there is no manufacturing, no AI, no defence, no welfare state. The guests below - nuclear chemists, energy analysts, climate-policy critics — make the technical case the political class doesn't want to hear.
What TPMS guests broadly agree on
Net-zero policy as currently implemented is making energy more expensive and less reliable. It's also failing to reduce emissions in any meaningful way.
Nuclear is the only realistic path to abundant low-carbon power. Wind and solar at scale require backup that defeats the carbon argument.
Britain's deindustrialisation is largely an energy-cost story. Manufacturers have left because power is uncompetitive.
The political class has confused emissions accounting with energy policy. The two are no longer the same thing.
Recent episodes:
#156 - Dr Tim Gregory: Go Nuclear or Lose Everything - Nuclear chemist on why the West's anti-nuclear agenda is built on a lie.
#149 - Kathryn Porter: Energy is Civilisation - Power as the precondition for everything else.
#093 - Kathryn Porter: Nuclear is the Answer, Net Zero is the Problem - Earlier conversation laying out the technical case.
#090 - Lord Monckton: The Net Zero Scam - Climate-policy critique from the political right.
#071 - Rupert Read: Politics Broke the Climate Change Debate - A green-movement insider on how the debate went wrong.
#054 - Lois Perry: Net Zero, Government Lies, and the Future of Britain - The political and economic costs of current policy.
#029 - Richard Tice: Reform UK's Vision — Net Zero, Immigration, NHS, Economy - The political alternative on offer.
Begin with #156 Tim Gregory for the technical case for nuclear, then #149 Kathryn Porter for the energy-as-civilisation framing, then #090 Lord Monckton for the political critique of net-zero.