Climate Change Cockup - Turns Out We Need Steel, CO2 And The Truth

Travis
April 12, 2025
9:41 am
Co2, Hydrocarbons, Mad Greenies, Net Zero

Looks like Keir wants some steel for his theme park

Steel production has been a bedrock of the United Kingdom’s industrial strength for centuries, driving economic growth, infrastructure development, and national security. Yet, the industry has faced mounting challenges in recent years, squeezed by soaring energy costs and restrictive environmental regulations tied to the government’s net zero ambitions. The renewable energy push has already been driving millions into fuel poverty across the UK. What will happen when we can no longer produce steel? It’s a grim potential fate. perhaps the direness of the situation is what has sparked the government into action. Either that or Keir really wants steel for the new theme park.

Emergency Legislation To Save Scunthorpe Steel Plant

Keir Starmer announced emergency legislation on April 11, 2025, to safeguard British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, a critical facility employing over 3,000 workers. Perhaps Kier now wants some steel for the new theme park!? Just now, after decades of decline suddenly we clock on and realise we need steel! This announcement is talking the talk, but will the walk be walked?

The Scunthorpe steel plant, home to the UK’s last two blast furnaces producing virgin steel, has been teetering on the brink of collapse. Its Chinese owners, Jingye, reported daily losses of approximately £700,000, warning that the facility could close within weeks without intervention due to dwindling raw materials. In response, Starmer unveiled the Steel Industry Bill, prompting Parliament to convene for an extraordinary Saturday session to fast-track the legislation. This bill empowers the government to assume control of the plant and potentially nationalise it.

The UK Steel Industry Is In Trouble - Net Zero Is Massively To Blame

Scunthorpe’s plight is a symptom of deeper issues plaguing the steel sector. Crippling energy costs, among the highest in the developed world, have eroded the industry’s competitiveness. These costs stem directly from the UK’s net zero policies, which have driven up electricity prices through reliance on expensive renewables and the curtailment of domestic fossil fuel production. Compounding this are environmental regulations aimed at slashing CO2 emissions, which impose burdensome compliance costs on steelmakers. Far from being a necessary sacrifice, this anti-CO2 crusade is misguided. Carbon dioxide is a natural component of the atmosphere, vital for plant life and ecosystems, and its vilification rests on shaky scientific ground.

After the closure of the last blast furnace in Port Talbot, Wales, Scunthorpe remains the last steel plant of the only four left in the country that can produce steel.

A blast furnace is a huge industrial installation where iron ore, coke, a type of coal, and limestone are combined at extremely high temperatures (over 1,500°C) to produce liquid iron, also known as hot metal. This is then either cast into pig iron or refined further into steel through additional processes like a Basic Oxygen Furnace.

Why they matter:

They are the core of primary steelmaking — producing steel from raw materials (iron ore and coal).
Blast furnaces allow a country to make its own steel from scratch without relying on importing semi-finished steel products (like billets or slabs) from other countries.
They support heavy industries, defence, infrastructure, and strategic resilience.

If Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces shut:

The UK would no longer have any capability to produce primary steel from raw materials on its own soil.
The only remaining steel production would come from electric arc furnaces (EAFs), which recycle scrap steel rather than making it from iron ore.
EAFs can’t produce certain grades of steel needed for:
- Large infrastructure projects
- High-spec engineering applications
- Defense and shipbuilding industries
- Rail and some aerospace applications

Meaning:

The UK would become entirely dependent on imported semi-finished steel products from other countries like China, Turkey, or India for certain key steel grades.
This raises issues for national security, industrial sovereignty, and economic resilience.

Educating People On The Truth About CO2 Helps To Save Our Steel Industry

Since the dawn of the industrial age and leading the world out of darkness with our efforts, we now have the weakest steel industry we have ever had. The controlled demolition of the UK steel industry may have just hit its lowest point and will recover from here. That is, if any meaningful intervention is made from this government and unfortunately their track record doesn’t leave us holding up much hope. Either way, its up to us as always to spread the truth about CO2 and why we don’t need to destroy our way of life, including steel production, just to reduce CO2 emissions!