David Turver

David Turver is the author of the Institute of Economic Affairs report ‘The Cost of Net Zero’, and has a Substack called Eigen Values.

How much will net zero cost?

In the race to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, many Whitehall departments, Westminster thinktanks and independent bodies have produced cost estimates of the policy. These range from modest percentages of GDP to eye-watering trillions. Often, however, they rely on overly optimistic assumptions about the price of green technologies, and mask the potentially staggering financial