Great piece in yesterdays Guardian about the respective costs of Trident and achieving emission reductions The latest Trident costs, calculated by the Liberal Democrats based on information extracted in parliamentary answers, suggest an overall figure of £76bn to buy missiles, replace nuclear submarines, and maintain the system for 30 years. and Yesterday, the environment secretary, David Miliband, played down the need for greatly increased government spending to achieve cuts, saying the market in emissions should contribute a lot, but scientists, industry bodies and others suggested about £76bn could almost guarantee emission reductions from 150m tonnes of carbon a year today ...
