It should be used to pay for what we owe in our pensions and benefits system – and thus provide more inter-generational justice.
Blind faith in new nuclear and shale gas have yielded precisely zero for UK security of supply, despite constant rhetoric to the contrary.
Javid should be bold, and push for a British steel reserve modelled on America’s oil reserve.
Since the Chancellor is warning of risks to our recovery, the next Budget will have to prove that he doesn’t just feel apprehensive – but acts on it, too.
It’s fine news for consumers, for now. But the news could turn sour.
We ought to encourage energy self-sufficiency to protect against international instability.
Our findings confirm that – as one would intuitively expect – these stocks are crucial to the construction of risk-balanced portfolios.
They’re affected by and affect so much else.
The current ownership structure of cars is inefficient, because in most cases, most of the time, they just sit there taking up space.
The Chancellor has foregone £billions in fuel duty revenues since 2010. But petrol prices have climbed and fallen regardless.
Contractors have already begun to deploy their experience and infrastructure in offshore wind. More needs to follow in terms of wave and tidal power.
Also: Brown calls for the nationalisation of unprofitable North Sea oil fields; and Northern Ireland braces for the bite of austerity.
Saudi Arabia’s key vulnerability is an ideological environment deliberately created by the Saudi state.
With Brent crude trading at below $50 a barrel, the former SNP leader’s promises are now sunk at the bottom of the North Sea.
We need sectoral centres of excellence that strengthen our economy, create higher wage jobs and help us trade across the globe.