Isn't the 'intervention in energy' just borrowing even more money and handing it over to the energy companies? With their obscene profits, it would make far mor

Isn't the 'intervention in energy' just borrowing even more money and handing it over to the energy companies? With their obscene profits, it would make far more sense to use windfall taxes rather than borrowing, but then I suppose it depends on whether your friends work in those energy companies.