The wrong question is dominating the energy crisis debate.

Every interview starts the same: where do we find replacement fossil fuels and what happens to prices?

In this BBC interview I push back.

This is the moment to talk about escaping fossil fuel dependence - not the daily market noise.

April 11, 2026 - 07:04 UTC

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Oil is too valuable to burn. Too precious to waste on disposable packaging. it’s a precious irreplaceable resource that enables modern life, let’s remember that.
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The Permian basin will hit peak production by mid 2030s.

Blah blah blah we have so much oil, sez Trump.

Until we don’t….

Taking advantage of this moment to shift away from relying on other countries for day to day energy is just looking ahead at inevitable reductions in supply.
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And even thats irrelevant.
Oil companies say they can increase Thier extraction rate by 4%....but only if they could afford to extract it and didn't have to spend money on "taxes"
So...like 0.5 to 1.5 is the real number.
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Electric Britain. That's what we need.
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Jimmy Carter was right.
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For heating and transportation, oil is yesterday's fuel.
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On very short term.
Main talk should be more non-fossil sources.

And alternatives to fossil transportation.
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There is too much fossil fuel.
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Did you mention we use 90 of our gas during two hours a day over winter.
90% of our gas during 3% of the year.

Every 1% of households on solar and batteries both cut usage by 4% during this time by "going off grid" and cut prices for everybody else.
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That is because debate even on BBC is framed by climate-trashing billionaire media.
Help us end billionaire media. Sign/share #MediaSovereigntyAct petition.
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The BBC needs to be democratised, but as well as that, the argument must be made that North Sea fossil fuels go to the international market, not to Britain. Any of it that does happen to go to Britain is purchased from the private companies who sell it on the international market.
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I'm very glad you were able to put this point across and cut through the usual waffling.
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Lets chat about plastics too!
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Unfortunately every time we are offered a moment in time, the minute oil prices drop everyone moves on, and innovation has happened in those moments! We have to keep the attention on the alternatives, and battle the noise.
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For a few seconds here and there during the last few weeks, the concept of rationing has popped up.

The thinking and assumption that all wanted energy services, from a never large enough pool, will and must always be met, is the main underlying reason we fail our targets. I think.
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How do you escape fossil fuel dependence when everything in our economy, including all the renewables and EVs, require fossil fuels somewhere in their lifecycles?
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The may require oil and gas, but they don't require burning them in the lifecycle.
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You do realize it’s about reduction. If you go from 70% FF use to 5%, most of the goals are met.
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A political commentator was asking who is the winner in the current war in the Middle-East, and I replied it might be climate change, as countries will start looking anew at energy sovereignty and realize that renewables provide a low-cost access to it. Pakistan provides a good example of this.
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cc @info.gouv.fr @assembleenationale.bsky.social @senat.fr
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