[Yug]

Can someone explain to these morons that members of a "thinktank" really should be capable of thinking

A report that hugely overestimated the cost to the UK of reaching net zero emissions has been retracted by the rightwing thinktank that published it.

The Civitas pamphlet published on Thursday claimed to offer a “realistic” estimate of the cost – £4.5tn – and said “the government needs to be honest with the British people”. However, factual errors were quickly pointed out after publication.

The most serious error was the confusion by the report’s author, Ewen Stewart, between power capacity in megawatts (MW) with electricity generation in megawatt hours (MWh). As a result, he presented an unrealistic “£1.3m per MWh” figure for the cost for onshore wind power. The true number is more than 10,000 times lower at about £50 to £70 per MWh. Another error was mixing up billions with trillions...

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment ... ual-errors

Basic errors which even a seven year-old would be capable of spotting.

[Andy McDandy]

Think tanks are more about selling an idea than forming complex ideas that work.

Take for example, "Do you think that unelected* foreign judges should be able to tell Britain to release dangerous criminals from prison?".

Now take "Do you think the UK should have the same approach to human rights as Putin's Russia?"

Same idea, 2 different takes.

The problem is that while that sort of debate club dickery might wash in the Oxford Union, it doesn't work in reality. But these people go on to become SpAds, get full of their own self-importance, and work in an environment where their survival depends on them having access to the minister they've attached themselves to. Which means denying access to anyone else, believing their own bullshit, and fucking over anyone who threatens to burst that bubble.

In a way, Dominic Cummings was right - the system is broken, and his rise was proof if ever needed.

*Yes, yes, I know....