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Boris's green industrial revolution is doomed to fail

21 November 2020

8:48 PM

21 November 2020

8:48 PM

Boris Johnson’s ‘green industrial revolution’, which was announced this week, looks doomed from the outset. From our heating to how we transport food, the proposals would mean a complete overhaul in the way we live. Yet barely a word has been said about the immense practical difficulties involved in Johnson’s ten-point plan for Britain to go carbon neutral by 2050. Make

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Michael Kelly is Emeritus Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge and former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department for Communities and Local Government


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