Kathryn Porter, energy analyst and founder of Watt-Logic, joins The Peter McCormack Show for a data-driven takedown of the UK’s broken energy system. In this episode, Kathryn exposes how Net Zero ideology, civil service incompetence, and corporate rent-seeking have driven up bills, destabilised the grid and betrayed the public.
We dive into the real cost of wind, the myth of “cheap renewables,” the politics behind energy policy and why nuclear and gas remain the only viable paths forward. This is a forensic, clear-eyed look at the UK’s energy crisis and what needs to happen to fix it.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(0:00) – Introduction
(1:32) – Why UK energy is broken
(5:46) – Green ideology & subsidy waste
(12:15) – The civil service problem
(18:08) – Wind vs gas: the real costs
(22:53) – Curtailment, grid costs & bill inflation
(28:45) – Who profits from the scam?
(35:12) – Moral cost of renewables
(43:03) – Nuclear: the real solution
(49:37) – Biomass, solar & offshore outsourcing
(57:06) – KEPCO plan: 6 reactors, £30bn
(1:03:38) – Why wind will never be cheap
(1:09:07) – Labour, Miliband & net zero politics
(1:16:04) – How to actually fix it
(1:23:02) – The Heathrow power failure
(1:29:09) – Closing thoughts & policy reform
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FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR
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EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK
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