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 Rightwing thinktank #Civitas made a little oopsie in their calculations, accidentally pricing onshore wind power a mere 10,000 times higher than reality. And for this one little mistake they were cruelly forced to retract the whole report. 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/report-claiming-net-zero-will-cost-uk-trillions-retracted-due-to-factual-errors

#NetZero #UKPol #ClimateCrisis

https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/111/167/363/006/038/804/original/2ab82d95f7303dd1.mp4 
 @13d4d206 Unfortunately facts don't matter to their following, so they will continue to share the report far and wide long after it's been retracted.  :(