> If one moves towards net zero emissions as my country is doing it doesn't matter how much energy you consume.

No citations or justification?

Looks like you're from the UK.

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_re... is a talk by the UK's (ex) chief science advisor on climate change discussing that demand for energy will have to drop a lot, based on the energy sources that the UK can use.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/15/food-str... was a recent UK gov report suggesting dropping meat consumption, or self flagellation as you might call it.

Climate change is being solved, but requires effort across various disciplines.

Energy security is not negotiable. It is perfectly defensible to state that and that energy consumption is unlikely to decrease. Nuclear power is much more sustainable, but alas people spent 40 years attacking that industry so we are way behind in it

> was a recent UK gov report suggesting dropping meat consumption, or self flagellation as you might call it.

yes i saw that, and it is a disgrace. Governments taxing food is not acceptable

> No citations or justification?

For what? a basic logical statement? That if power is largely renewable and even if not other sources are used to smooth peak capacity and stop the grid crashing, then the carbon footprint of said energy is not relevant.