Proceeding contribution from Brian Iddon (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 December 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Energy Bill.
Energy Bill
Whether one believes that emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere produce climate change is a big argument, but does my right hon. Friend agree that there are two other important reasons why we should not be burning fossil fuels? First, we are acidifying the sea almost beyond the point of no return. Secondly—I speak passionately as a chemist—producing energy from carbon fuels is a very inefficient process, and we need those carbon fuels as larders of chemicals for the generations of the future, so it is a sin to burn them.
Secondary information
- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 502 c42
- Session
- 2009-10
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Conservation Coal Climate change Biofuels Carbon capture and storage Energy Electricity generation Ofgem Fuel poverty Fossil fuels Fuel oil Oil Planning Natural gas Nuclear power Markets Prices Pipelines Regulation Storage Utilities Wind power Science Carbon emissions Social tariffs
- Legislation
- Energy Bill 2009-10
- Link
- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2023-12-11 09:59:58 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_599703
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_599703
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_599703