Incorrect
What is peer-review? Why one ‘peer-reviewed’ Grok-written paper doesn’t disprove climate change
Claim:
The first-ever artificial intelligence-led peer-reviewed climate science paper has confirmed that climate change is a hoax.
Rahul Rao
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Source: Science of Climate Change, Franklin Soon, Jonathan Cohler, Willie Soon, David Legates, 2025-03-21 -
If sea levels are rising, why is the Maldives still above water?
If you want to see the front lines of climate change, you might think to look at the Maldives. Most…
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Natural gas may be cleaner than coal, but it isn’t cleaner than nuclear or renewable energy
More than one-fifth of the world’s energy is drawn from natural gas. That part varies around the world: as low…
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Inaccurate
Flight paths are not evidence for a flat Earth
Claim:
Flights from New Zealand to Argentina connect through the U.S., which only makes sense if the Earth is flat.
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-02-14 -
Unsupported
No evidence that EVs cause infertility, and their magnetic fields are similar to those from household electronics
Claim:
Electric vehicles cause infertility. Being in an electric car will lower your testosterone.
Source: YouTube, Justin Frandson, Garry Lineham, 2025-02-07 -
Inaccurate
Long-lasting contrails aren’t proof of chemtrails, and they aren’t caused by aluminum, barium, or other metals
Claim:
Aircraft are spraying chemical gas with traces of aluminum, barium, and other metals to manipulate the weather by blocking the sun and creating chemical rains and fogs.
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2025-02-14 -
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No evidence that eroding wind turbine blades harm farmland
Claim:
Farmers have lost their crops and livelihood due to microplastics and fiberglass from eroding wind turbine blades.
Source: X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-01-17 -
Misleading
Contrary to Wide Awake Media’s misleading claims, wind turbines are greener than fossil fuels by multiple measures
Claim:
A staggering quantity of CO2 emissions are required to erect a single wind turbine. A significant proportion of retired turbine blades end up in landfill sites, unable to be recycled.
Source: Wide Awake Media, X/Twitter, 2025-01-27 -
Lacks context
Some evidence that wind turbines can harm eagles, but more are killed by other causes
Claim:
Windmills are a threat to eagles’ population.
Source: X/Twitter, Instagram, Social media users, 2025-01-16 -
Will solar panels overrun farmland? The two are more likely to coexist
Even if solar capacity continues to grow at unprecedented rates in the next several years, data suggests that the land used for solar panels will account for a small portion of the land used for agriculture.
