Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Britain must look again at coal.
Coal is not the first choice, but returning to coal should be viewed as the price Britain may have to pay for leaving itself dangerously short of firm power.
Britain must look again at coal.
Coal is not the first choice, but returning to coal should be viewed as the price Britain may have to pay for leaving itself dangerously short of firm power.


![Lord Mackinlay: Renewable energy has not made prices go down
Discussing our latest report on the #CostOfNetZero, Lord Mackinlay tells Nigel Farage:
When you become more and more reliant on [renewables], have to store it for those days when the wind doesnt blow and the sun doesnt shine... none of those costs to date have been considered at all. Lord Mackinlay: Renewable energy has not made prices go down](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QpFY84sYbkQ/mqdefault.jpg)







