Expert Comment: We must break free of fossil fuel Stockholm Syndrome
Published on June 20, 2022
By Brian O'Callaghan, Lead Researcher and Project Manager, Oxford Economic Recovery Project, Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.
A bizarre political narrative has emerged over the last six months. Apparently, safeguarding our energy supplies and enjoying a better future requires that we…move backwards. Some governments are using public funds to grow our dependence on fossil fuels – the same fuels that have caused unfathomable environmental damage and continue to accelerate climate change. That way, say the Siren voices, in five or ten years, we will be free from the grips of energy suppliers we do not like in 2022.