Margaret Beckett conceded that the UK was unlikely to meet its Uk emissions targets. It will meet the Kyoto targets but not the UK set targets. This as politics goes is not a problem but why was the target set in the first place. Powerisk thinks that the big gains to be made on emissions are changing the UKs ageing power portfolio from predominantly gas and coal fired to a less C02 producing portfolio. In reality this is looking to increase Nuclear build. Under Tim Yeo the Conservatives accept that renewables is unlikely to be make significant in roads and nuclear is the only option. The debate will eventually raise the question as to whether production of CO2 is a more preferable by product than weapons grade plutonium.