? David CockerhamBearsted, Kent SIR – Whatever happened to domestic energy security? Keith PunshonThirsk, North Yorkshire SIR – Rishi Sunak would have us believe that phasing out human use of fossil fuels in Britain will somehow alter the climate ('Tackling global warming helps economy, says Sunak', report, November 6). Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor, seems to think that increasing the tax burden of the traditional Tory voter will somehow convince more of us to vote for the party ('Hunt move will make more people pay inheritance tax', report, November 8). These people need to be stopped. Graham LowMalpas, Cheshire SIR – Over the past few days I have experienced several costly examples of the inefficiencies of UK Ltd. These include the protests on the roads, delays on the rails, time wasted to get through to service providers, and flooding due to rain (the drains and gullies have not been cleaned for years). Perhaps if Britain were made more efficient, the tax receipts would increase enough to discourage cuts to public services – which only make things worse. Jeremy SingletonGuildford, Surrey SIR – The hijacking of the M25 on Monday by the Just Stop Oil brigade resulted in massive disruption to commuters going about their lawful business ('M25 protesters not cowed by new powers to put them in jail', report, November 8). How exactly did the consequent enormous queues of stationary traffic help the climate? M L StephensonMarlow, Buckinghamshire SIR – I was due to attend my uncle's funeral in Essex on Tuesday. I added 90 minutes to the journey time as a contingency. As I approached the M25, I h){kind=link}
SIR – Am I alone in struggling to understand why, instead of fracking for our own gas, we have decided to pay America to frack for its gas, liquefy it and ship it in tankers across the Atlantic, thus ensuring greater carbon-dioxide emissions, higher prices, and most of the employment, profits and tax revenues going to America (“Gas deal set to ease energy crisis”, report, November 8)?
David CockerhamBearsted, Kent
SIR – Whatever happened to domestic energy security?
Keith PunshonThirsk, North Yorkshire
SIR – Rishi Sunak would have us believe that phasing out human use of fossil fuels in Britain will somehow alter the climate (“Tackling global warming helps economy, says Sunak”, report, November 6).