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Drill the North Sea for cheaper energy or go green and pay more? Here's what Brummies had to say.

The debate over Britain's energy future is heating up. Should we drill for more oil and gas in the North Sea to boost energy security and help reduce bills, or focus on renewable energy and the journey to net zero? We asked Brummies where they stand.

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00:00Go green for energy, obviously, yeah, protect the environment and, yeah.
00:06What do you think about the cost of bills, though? Is that a concern to you?
00:10Not so much for us, but for a lot of people it is, you know, lower income families and that,
00:16so yeah, yeah.
00:17Oh, that's a difficult one for me, because I've got my feet in two camps there, you know.
00:24So I do think we need to be as green as we can, but obviously, realistically, it's not great for
00:31the majority of households, because they can't afford it.
00:35It's a difficult one. I'm on the fence on that one.
00:38I think that we should continue drilling in the North Sea. Whilst we've got the reserves and we can become
00:46self-sufficient, I think that's the way to go.
00:48I think green is obviously the right way to go, but at this moment in time, I think it's going
00:55to be a long time before green really takes over.
00:59And we've had North Sea gas, North Sea oil for how long now? A long time.
01:04I'm a bird watcher, you know, and it doesn't seem to be affecting anything to mine.
01:10So yeah, drilling for oil and gases at this moment in time, I'll for it.
01:14Green, because it's better for the environment. Whatever helps the environment is good.
01:20Yeah, well, I think we should do it. I think we should do it.
01:23We waste money on other things, so we waste money on a lot of things, and that isn't wasting it.
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