Saturday's Energy Absurdity: Former UK Energy Minister Quits Parliament Over Oil Drilling Permits

British MP Chris Skidmore, who, when serving as Energy Minister, helped enact the UK’s insane religious fealty to the mythical, impossible-to-achieve “net zero,” dramatically announced he is resigning his post as Tory whip and leaving his MP seat Friday.

The reason? The introduction by the Tories of a bill that would allow for the issuance of new oil an…