(BBC News) Critics underestimate ability of human race to achieve climate goals - Johnson
Earlier, Boris Johnson said critics "underestimated" the ability of the human race to achieve climate goals set during COP26.
He recounted how a Telegraph colleague, who happened to be an aide of his, scoffed at the idea of turning to wind power, on the grounds that it was "medieval technology". He remembers replying that burning oil was "positively Paleolithic" in comparison.
He went on to say that moving towards clean energy was something that could be done. "The critics of this agenda massively underestimate the ability to harness the natural world," he said, referencing examples of innovative carbon solutions in both China and the US.
As our climate editor Justin Rowlatt noted earlier, Johnson himself once criticised wind power as not capable of “pulling the skin off a rice pudding”.
Earlier, Boris Johnson said critics "underestimated" the ability of the human race to achieve climate goals set during COP26.
He recounted how a Telegraph colleague, who happened to be an aide of his, scoffed at the idea of turning to wind power, on the grounds that it was "medieval technology". He remembers replying that burning oil was "positively Paleolithic" in comparison.
He went on to say that moving towards clean energy was something that could be done. "The critics of this agenda massively underestimate the ability to harness the natural world," he said, referencing examples of innovative carbon solutions in both China and the US.
As our climate editor Justin Rowlatt noted earlier, Johnson himself once criticised wind power as not capable of “pulling the skin off a rice pudding”.
