Are we moving too fast towards net zero? The Sunday Times debate

Each week until polling day, two leading figures go head to head on the issues shaping Britain. Today Dominic Lawson and Dale Vince discuss Labour’s green goal

Age: 62

Job: Green energy campaigner

Answer in a sentence: We’re not moving fast enough, not just from a climate perspective but from an economic one. The green economy is the biggest growth opportunity since the Industrial Revolution, which Britain led, against the naysaying of the Luddites of the day.

Age: 67

Job: Author and columnist

Answer in a sentence: Not yet; but Labour wants to accelerate into the next bend at 100mph and will crash the (electric) car.

Vince: Labour is talking about 100 per cent green energy on the grid by 2030. I think that’s very ambitious. But in broad terms super-ambitious targets are good, provided they’re feasible. And this one is. In business you’d call it a stretch target.

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