Net zero realities

SIR – Recent letters have discussed how the Government is pursuing net zero without a plan to get there.

I live in a Grade II listed Cotswolds stone house with no insulation. My utility bill in December was £721 (so the heating is now off ). Yet to partially insulate my home while following the Grade II listing rules would cost tens of thousands of pounds, and even then its Energy Performance Certificate rating would not reach C.

I have double yellow lines outside my front door and no off-road parking. If I ran an electric vehicle I would be dependent on oversubscribed public charging points. We have sons who live 175 and 241 miles away in opposite directions, and they don’t have off-street parking either. Public transport in the surrounding area is poor.

The drive for net zero, coupled with the lack of a cogent energy policy, show that this Government is out of touch with reality. It’s time the arbitrary deadline was scrapped until Britain has a credible energy strategy, in which nuclear power plays a more significant role. Paul Walker

Gloucester