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Environment & Energy

muriel_volestrangler

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6. But they made the "mistake" in the wrong direction

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 2, 2023, 03:02 PM

Oct 2023

They claimed the cost would be in "trillions". Everyone took that to mean "a million million" (you don't have to be "conservative" in the UK to use it to mean "a million million million" so much as "antediluvian" ). But it actually is in the "thousand million" range. So it they were used to using the "traditional" trillion, they'd have said "thousand million" (or "milliard" - a word I've only come across in a translation of "Chariots of the Gods" ).

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Climate Liar Think-Tank Confuses Trillions w. Billions In "Study", Among Many Jaw-dropping Errors [View all] hatrack Sep 2023 OP

Just wait until they get ChatGPT to churn out these "studies" Shermann Sep 2023 #1

Millions, Billions, Trillions, Gillions, Zillions, Gazillions... OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #2

Thank you for posting this. Think. Again. Sep 2023 #3

So, in all fairness... OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #4

But they made the "mistake" in the wrong direction muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #6

Yeah... OKIsItJustMe Oct 2023 #7

The Guardian: Report claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to 'factual errors' OKIsItJustMe Oct 2023 #5