{"id":8020,"date":"2021-12-14T08:43:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T08:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=8020"},"modified":"2021-12-14T08:43:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T08:43:48","slug":"over-a-barrel-of-carbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2021\/12\/14\/over-a-barrel-of-carbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a Barrel of Carbon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imagine a conversation somewhere east of the Vistula ...<\/div>\n
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Sergey<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
More good energy news Mr President. \u00a0Useful idiots in Scotland have persuaded the First Minister to oppose the development of Cambo \u2013 an oil and gas field. \u00a0This means we can keep exporting the stuff to them.<\/div>\n
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Vladimir<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Excellent. \u00a0Tell me, we don\u2019t actually pay these fools do we?<\/div>\n
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Sergey<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Not at all, Vladimir Vladimirovich. \u00a0There\u2019s no need;\u00a0they\u2019re happy to help us export to them because they\u2019re afraid of the bad publicity that opening a new oil and gas field would bring, especially as they have just hosted COP26 and want to be seen as a virtuous and highly-favoured nation by the UN.<\/div>\n
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Vladimir<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Even though they will continue to need oil and gas in the transition to net zero?<\/div>\n
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Sergey<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Exactly, Vladimir Vladimirovich. \u00a0And the economic impact from the loss of jobs will be considerable.<\/div>\n
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Vladimir<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
So we keep the jobs in Mother Russia, then, and maintain our export market?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sergey<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Boost our sales, more like, even though the carbon footprint of our gas and oil is higher than theirs is (it's only 22kg \/ barrel). \u00a0The UK gave us \u00a34bn last year alone.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Vladimir<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
When Scotland is independent, maybe we can build a gas pipeline directly to Aberdeen?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sergey<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
An excellent suggestion, Vladimir Vladimirovich. \u00a0We could call it Nord Tartan 1.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Vladimir<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Tell, me Sergey Viktorovich, \u00a0how do we make sure that Scotland always hosts COP meetings?<\/div>\n
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In fairness to the First Minister, the signals coming out of London are not exactly unambiguous about the UK's stance on the development of the Cambo and other oil and gas (and coal) fields. \u00a0It would seem that the UK government would prefer to be seen to be importing oil, gas and coal because it has to<\/em>, rather than being seen to exploit its own reserves through choice. \u00a0This implicit policy (never openly stated) will get Greenie points from the gullible but will result in fewer UK jobs, a greater carbon footprint for the country, and \u00a3zillions spent on imports. \u00a0And all because of a reluctance to admit how long the transition to net zero will likely have to be .<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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