Institute of Fuellers’ Lecture by Sir Bernard Ingham
Written by Sir Bernard Ingham
Wednesday, 09 May 2007
Energy policy; the struggle between myth and fact
Thank you for doing me the honour of inviting me to give this lecture this evening. You certainly know how to torture your lecturers. This could not be a more awkward time for me because we are all in limbo this evening.
We await the fourth review of energy policy in five years to see
whether fact – reality – has triumphed over myth. Rumour has it we
should know next week with the publication of the government’s new
energy white paper.
My guess is that this will show that energy policy is still dominated
by the myths emanating from environmental concerns, though with
stronger hints of a dawning of reality. Whether it will prove to be a
false dawn will depend on gordon brown, our likely next prime minister.
In short, the struggle set out in the title of this lecture remains unresolved and may still do so when may is out.
