A spokesman for the Scottish Government last week reiterated ministers’ opposition to drilling new oil and gas fields which “do not present a timely solution to the current energy price crisis, nor our energy security needs”. There’s more we can do to exploit current gas fields. This drop off falls short of the kinds of reduction that we should be seeing in order to meet net zero targets. Of course, new oil and gas field developments won’t happen without any push-back. It's 'net stupid' to listen to him on net zero

Source: The Herald September 06, 2022 07:30 UTC