Compared with £ 1.5 billion for FGD to achieve a significant cut in Britain's sulphur emissions, it was a cheap way of buying time: a year's grace for each £ 1 million, about an hour's expenditure for the CEGB.
Compared with £ 1.5 billion for FGD to achieve a significant cut in Britain's sulphur emissions, it was a cheap way of cause a delay to achieve something else: a year's grace for each £ 1 million, about an hour's expenditure for the CEGB.