Thread by @clim8resistance

This is the problem.

Politicians use the claims of fancy-pants greenomics-consultants' models that say "net zero is cheaper than armageddon", rather than basic arithmetic.

Basic arithmetic is vulgar. Anyone can do it. You don't need to be a civil servant, hackademic or blobber.

https://twitter.com/clim8resistance/status/1596061367102242816

Nobody has checked the basic arithmetic of #NetZero. It's all "we can't afford not to do it", not "can we afford to do it".

Nobody is allowed to ask "how?".

"How?" is vulgar.

It's not that they cannot (in most cases) do the basic arithmetic, it's that to use it is to signal your vulgarity.

Detachment from reality -- the refusal to engage in basic arithmetic -- is a signifier of membership of an elite, which requires deference to its institutions.

They spent a lot of money on avoidance of basic arithmetic.

The @metoffice got a brand new £1.2 billion toy.

They don't want people using a piece of paper and a pencil showing them up.

metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press…

@metoffice You can't be a member of an elite and go around saying that a piece of paper and a pencil is better than a £1.2 billion supercomputer, and that it was a waste of money.

So they ignore basic arithmetic. They can't afford to pay attention to basic arithmetic.

@metoffice It doesn't matter what it will cost to the householder. It doesn't matter what "investment" is required to make the grid work. It doesn't matter what the costs to the economy are.

It will be cheaper than Armageddon. The supercomputer said so.

That's all the arithmetic we need.

@metoffice So shut your cakeholes, you vulgar plebs, and sign this blank cheque.

Maths lessons have been cancelled.