More drilling won’t fix Britain’s latest energy crisis

Calls to “get drilling” may sound like common sense amid the crisis in the Middle East – but they won’t bring down bills. The real solution lies in green energy.

The North Sea is running out of oil and gas anyway. Pic: Unsplash

No sooner had the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran than a choir here in Britain struck up a familiar tune: If only we would drill more oil and gas in the North Sea, they sang, we would be spared these global shocks sending energy bills into orbit. Or as a Daily Express headline put it:…