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How Do People Get Tricked Into Believing Anti-EV, Anti-Solar, Anti-Wind Myths?

September 13, 2024 admin clean energy myths, clean power, clean transport, electric car myths, Electric vehicles, ev myths, renewable energy myths, Solar energy, solar energy myths, wind energy, wind energy myths

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 03:50:59 +0000

Reading through Scott’s long exchange with an Extinction Rebellion activist, and especially seeing the activist repeat clear misinformation regarding wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles, I got to thinking about how people end up consuming and believing such misinformation. I’ve known people of all sorts who have fallen for … [continued]

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Wind Energy & Infrasound — More FUD Debunked, or “Why Is My Sheep Dog Ignoring Me?”

July 30, 2024 admin Australia, clean power, fud, renewable energy myths, wind energy, wind energy myths

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 17:34:23 +0000

In a testament to the longevity of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) and the ability of the internet to encourage stupidity, a legal action against the building of the Tilt Renewables Palmer Wind Farm in South Australia has gone all the way to the South Australian Supreme Court and lost. … [continued]

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Will Renewable Energy Destabilize The Grid? Yale 360 Has The Answer.

July 25, 2022 admin amory lovins, clean power, grid, renewable energy myths, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:45:21 +0000

A recent issue of Yale 360 tackles the lies, distortions, and half-truths that surround the question of whether renewable energy can provide a reliable source of electricity at all times or requires thermal generation “base load”capability to be dependable. All of us clearly remember the so-called governor of Texas foaming at the mouth after a […]

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Yikes — One Of My Favorite Political Commenters Bombs On 21st Century Energy

February 17, 2020 admin 100% renewable electricity, 100% renewable energy, batteries, Bernie Sanders, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, climate change, cnn, consumer technology, Energy Storage, fareed zakaria, Fossil Fuels, grid, grid parity, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, mark z. jacobson, natural gas, nuclear energy, policy & politics, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy myths, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:24:22 +0000

Ah, man. It’s annoying as heck to see people who you think are idiots screw up a topic you know well, but it’s an extra special kind of annoying when brilliant people screw up — massively — on that same topic. In this edition of “Smart people who don’t understand the energy industry of 2020,” we’ve got Fareed Zakaria of