Ed Miliband Disputes My Figures

Roger Pielke Jr.
"Last night the would-be energy ministers from the three UK political parties participated in a debate organized by The Guardian. During the debate a question was asked about the feasibility of meeting the short-term targets in the UK Climate Change Act. The question was posed as follows :

Academic research has shown that for the UK to meet the emissions reductions targets implied by the 2008 Climate Change Act would require an effort the equivalent of 30 new nuclear power plants by 2015, just to get part way to the target. Clearly this is not going to happen.

Ed Miliband, the Labor secretary of state for energy and climate change responded first by saying that he disputes my figures. My figures can easily be checked because they have been published in the peer-reviewed literature:..."