We're playing for high stakes

JA King misinforms readers on energy (February 18).

- Dr Andrew Blewett

Far from being "un-joined", we have rarely had more effort going into strengthening the system as a whole; protecting the country from foreign energy shocks and addressing the climate crisis simultaneously.JA King is right to highlight reliability. In 2022, the government spent £42 billion to protect users from a gas price spike caused by Putin. We live in an era of hostile dictators and trade as a US foreign policy weapon. The North Sea has been in decline for 30 years and regardless of what we do with what's left, it will continue in overall net decli