Next time you hear “I’m never buying an EV” or “you won’t catch me driving one of those plug-in things”, you might be listening to an enlightened futurist, not a frustrated Luddite.
Conservatives have historically led every stage of Britain’s nuclear storyl from Magnox in the 1950s, to Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors in the 1970s, to Pressurised Water Reactors in the 1990s.
Total offshore revenues exceed £300 billion but might have been even higher had investors enjoyed more certainty.
It seems the British public have lost faith that governments can deliver decent public transport for their cities. Once upon a time, the Conservatives were actually pretty serious about all this.
At present, British blast furnaces rely on imported raw materials. That means all the environmental harm of mining and burning it, plus needless additional damage from transporting it around the world.
Whilst SNP ministers have emerged unscathed, the taxpayer hasn’t been so lucky: costs have soared from £97 million to £450 million.
The whole auto industry will soon have to come to terms with the major implications of everything from self-driving vehicles to Gen Z just not being into cars.
For years, we have heard that tackling emissions is our key priority. In reality, we need to constantly balance a complex energy trilemma of emissions, energy security, and consumer bills.
Rishi Sunak is likely to come under pressure to save Port Talbot jobs. But, in reality, governments are confronted by some tough choices.
Developing our remaining reserves creates employment opportunities and generates much-needed tax revenues as we transition to alternatives.
Meanwhile the bigger picture looks troubled, with the World Cup mired in controversy and the very future of the Commonwealth Games in doubt.
The Government needs to be investing both in the next generation of nuclear power stations and developing the storage technologies needed to make renewables reliable.
Government risks fixating on specific projects, such as electric vehicles, rather than nurturing innovation and letting industry develop solutions.
It represents the biggest opportunity for the Conservatives to show we can build a stronger, greener, and more prosperous Scotland.
Nobody can predict how long the current Iran oil price spike will last but one thing is certain: future global uncertainty.