Carbon free

England set a goal of being carbon free by 2050 and the result is the country who started the industrial revolution is de industrializing. The main reason is the high cost of energy. For hundreds of years England maintained its industrial position by using coal but that ended with climate change. Today the price of electricity in England is 38 cents per kWh while in the US the cost is 18 cents or less than half. In England the cost of natural gas is $49 per 1000 cubic feet and in the US the cost is $25. The UK was the first country to industrialize, but also one of the first to deindustrialize. UK manufacturing as a share of GDP has fallen from 30% in 1970 to 8% in 2024 The US was headed in this direction up until ten years ago when the country realized that wind and solar could not replace fossil fuels. The next step is to understand that nuclear is the answer. The same thing is going on in other European countries like Germany.