North Sea oil resources should protect Britain from rising fuel prices

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Together, this Opec+ grouping controls almost half of global oil production and nine-tenths of all reserves.
53% : Even if such energy is exported, at least UK energy workers would keep their jobs and the Treasury would get the tax.
52% : A stronger dollar, of course, also pushes up the price of crude oil - which is priced in the US currency - not least for countries dependent on energy imports.
52% : What are our plans to replace those supplies?Even the Climate Change Committee, the official green watchdog, acknowledges fossil fuels will still account for around half of Britain's energy needs by 2030 and a quarter by mid-century.
10% : Spiralling fuel costs are already helping Donald Trump to attack Joe Biden's administration, as motorists baulk at the 7pc rise in average US pump prices over the past month.

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