Brits have already paid £15,500 towards Net Zero without realising
By Paul Homewood
Households have already paid as much as £15,500 in green taxes on energy over the past 13 years, new analysis has revealed.
It comes as the Government is expected to add further costs on to households when it adds green levies worth £165 a year back on to energy bills.
Tory MPs are also calling for a “hidden tax” that adds up to £84 on energy bills to be cut to help struggling households.
Companies that produce energy by burning gas to create electricity are charged for every tonne they produce – a cost that they pass on to consumers.
The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), a think tank, estimates that households have paid £15,540 from 2010 to 2022 through a combination of direct taxes and taxes that are passed on by businesses.
Since 2018, households have paid £6,411, the analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics found.
Tom Ryan, policy analyst of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, urged ministers to consider suspending green levies on energy bills to help households with the cost of living crisis.
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
And our energy supply system is in a much worse state after all that money has been wasted.
That is the sad thing. So many Billions wasted on a fantasy.
The taxes on essential items such as transport fuels and heating are beyond disgraceful.
But it is not just the ” Hidden ” stealth tax on energy . It is also put on refineries so some of that extra tax is put onto road fuels which costs everybody more to run their vehicle and onto the cost of everything that is delivered to shops etc .
Where did the other comments go? Or have I confused myself?
I have confused myself, it was OT on the Gummer thread.
Working on the basis of 30 million households in the UK, that’s £465 billion.
Could buy a lot of coal-fired power stations and coal for that.
Due to a lack of demand for battery cars, VW are pausing production at their Emden plant and laying off workers for a few weeks…so far. Normal car production continues as usual.
Do they think we won’t notice the next £155,000?
There are other costs to add as well e.g. increased cost of domestic energy due to a lack of coal-fired power stations, perhaps another £50 billion?
All based on false science supported by low calibre MPs