Earlier this week, the massive report on the incident that intergovernmental panel on climate change which said that we need to get emissions down rapidly, there are lots of options, a lot of them are cheaper options. the government will struggle to get around the world saying that we need to get away from fossil fuels and look at the ipcc report a look at the progress the uk has made and saying, by the way, we are thinking about taking more out of the north sea. it is not going to solve the fundamental problems. we going to solve the fundamental roblems. ~ ., ., ., problems. we have to leave it there, problems. we have to leave it there. but problems. we have to leave it there, but we problems. we have to leave it there, but we appreciate - problems. we have to leave it there, but we appreciate your| there, but we appreciate your thoughts on the strategy that will be announced today, professor michael grubb. in america, big oil was in the hotseat. executives from six major ener
That s out in front. when i was a kid, 80% of our power came from coal. when i was mayor of london, it was a0%. it s now 1%. let s talk about coal. that s an amazing. let s talk about coal, and i know everybody asks you this question, but you re going to china, you re going to india, you re going to the developing world, saying, phase out coal at the same time as not ruling out a new coal mine in britain a new coal mine in britain! we started the industrial revolution, we should close the mines. i ve just given you the statistics, before you have. ah, but why don t you just say we re not going to open them? i ve just given you the statistics. why don t we be clear on the coalmine7 the chinese will say, we can t take this guy seriously. well, sorry, but what absolutely everybody finds incontrovertible is the progress the uk has already made. no, i m sorry to bang on about the coal, but the point is, you can t. you know, it makes you look. makes you look a little bit weaselly, not
Tough decisions their future. tough decisions about their future. yes. and at the same time, you re saying you want to turn aspiration into action, aspiration into action. you re not delivering action on short haulflights in britain, are you? with great respect, everybody knows that it s the uk that s out in front. when i was a kid, 80% of our power came from coal. when i was mayor of london it was a0%, it s now 1%. let s talk about coal. that s an amazing, that s an amazing. i know everybody asks you this question. but you re going to china, you re going to india, you re going to developing world saying, phase out coal. at the same time as not ruling out a new coal mine in britain, a new coal mine in britain. we started the industrial revolution, we should. i just gave you the statistics. but why don t you just say, we re not going to open. i ve just given you the statistics, we have no. the chinese will say, we can t take this guy seriously. well, sorry, what absolutely everybody fin
Let s talk about coal. that s an amazing, that s an amazing. i know everybody asks you this question. but you re going to china, you re going to india, you re going to developing world saying, phase out coal. at the same time as not ruling out a new coal mine in britain, a new coal mine in britain. we started the industrial revolution, we should. i just gave you the statistics. but why don t you just say, we re not going to open. i ve just given you the statistics, we have no. the chinese will say, we can t take this guy seriously. well, sorry, what absolutely everybody finds absolutely incontrovertible is the progress the uk has already made. i m sorry to bang on about the coal. but the point is it makes you look. it makes you look a little bit weaselly, not answering the coal question. because they re going to go and you re talking about coal. sorry, i have answered the coal question. directly, directly. let me say to you directly. yes or no on the coal mine, you personally, what do