RE: https://mastodon.social/@joseph11lim/116320897491798193

#BangkokPost editors ought to be more discerning (or diligent?🤔) in fact-checking evidence-baseless hype-peddlers like #BjornLomborg who's spinning tales on the uncommercialized & unproven 4G nuclear #SMR #nuclearenergy tech:👇
"4th-generation reactors, often small & modular, are designed for efficiency, affordability, minimal long-lived radioactive waste & inherent safety.. it's time to emulate Beijing's real playbook by ramping up energy use & investment in nuclear R&D"🤦‍♂️
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3221230/green-china-story-hides-true-energy-picture

Wenn damit kein Geld zu verdienen ist


Heute morgen brachte der #WDR5 https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr5/wdr5-toene-texte-bilder-medienschelte/index.html einen Hinweis auf die Möchtegernkonkurrenz zur #Wikipedia.

#ElonMusk hat in seinem Werkzeugkasten jetzt auch eine #Suchmaschine, die auf seinem KI-Chatbot #Grok basiert. Sie heißt sinnigerweise #Grokipedia und soll wohl die Stimme ihres Herrn sein https://www.heise.de/news/Kontroverse-Themen-KI-Modell-Grok-konsultiert-offenbar-Elon-Musks-Aeusserungen-10483586.html . Gleich dazugesagt wurde, daß sie eine Schräglage bei einigen Themen wie beim Komplex #Klimawandel habe.
Sofort probiert: https://grokipedia.com/page/Climate_change

Da stehen nüchterne Aussagen wie "Global temperatures have risen by approximately 1.1°C since pre-industrial times, leading to observable shifts in ecosystems, including poleward migrations of species ranges in terrestrial and marine environments" und "Scientific literature reflects a strong consensus, with over 99% of peer-reviewed studies endorsing a substantial human role in recent warming" als auch relativierende wie "overestimated tropospheric warming rates compared to satellite observations".

Die Suche nach einem Artikel über Stefan #Rahmstorf lieferte nichts.
Über den Namen #BjørnLomborg bin ich beim Querlesen aber gleich mehrfach gestolpert.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Lomborg
Lomborg hat eine schillernde Vergangenheit von Greenpeacemitgliedschaft über Klimawandelrelativierung bis zu seiner Berühmtheit für kühle Aussagen zu #Kosten und #Nutzen - von #Klimaschutzmaßnahmen versus Anpassung an die #Klimawandelfolgen durch #Innovationen und #Wirtschaftswachstum.
"So, what is the way forward? First, Lomborg argues, we need to evaluate climate policy in the same way that we evaluate every other policy: in terms of costs and benefits."
https://lomborg.com/false-alarm

Das klingt irgendwie nach dem Denken heutiger #Politiker wie #KatherinaReiche.

"Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche (CDU) hat einen flexibleren Umgang mit den Klimazielen gefordert. „Wenn Klimaschutz so organisiert ist, dass damit kein Geld zu verdienen ist (…), dann geht das in die falsche Richtung“, sagte die Ministerin auf dem „Tag der Industrie“ in Berlin."
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article256301048/Tag-der-Industrie-Und-dann-stellt-die-neue-Wirtschaftsministerin-Reiche-das-Klimaziel-2045-infrage.html

Wird Grokipedia auch in Deutschland als Wissensquelle genutzt, oder reicht Wikipedia für einen ersten Überblick?

WDR 5 Töne, Texte, Bilder

Töne, Texte, Bilder - Das Medienmagazin: Aktuelles und Hintergründiges zu den Medien, von Radio bis weblog, von Print bis Telekommunikation, von Fernsehen bis Internet, samstags ab 10.05 Uhr in WDR 5.

#BillGates Gave $3.5M to #ThinkTank Run by Climate Crisis Denier #BjornLomborg -according to U.S. tax records reviewed by @DeSmog
The donations made between 2017 & 2022, were listed on IRS 990 Forms filed by the #GatesFoundation. Those donations went to the Copenhagen Consensus Center, which describes itself as a “think tank that researches the smartest solutions for the world’s biggest problems, advising policy-makers, philanthropists how to spend their money effectively
https://www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/bill-gates-donated-climate-denier-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

DeSmog

" #BjornLomborg suggests that the only reason #BigOil is advocating for #CarbonCapture is so they can get massive government subsidies that'll enable them to keep producing more oil. It's a pretty frank admission from a key booster of the industry. He's not just some random guy."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/377291/link/

#cdnpoli #abpoli #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition #yyc #MarkCarney #CleanEnergy #Renewables #ClimateSky #urbanism #CityBuilding #COP30 #BikeLanes #15MinuteCities #yyc #yyccc

Geoff Dembicki's Petroleum Papers & Canada's Carbon Capture Con

The backers of carbon capture and storage have lied to us before. Will we believe them this time?

The Climate Lens
" #BjornLomborg suggests that the only reason #BigOil is advocating for #CarbonCapture is so they can get massive government subsidies that'll enable them to keep producing more oil. It's a pretty frank admission from a key booster of the industry. He's not just some random guy." #ClimateChange #yyc

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2jfr7qhenekca6f6qtjgwdr4/post/3lun7woqvsk2y

"Consistent #OilAndGas ally #BjornLomborg said 'in realistic terms, I don't think it's ever going to happen,' that deploying this technology, capturing emissions & burying them underground is so expensive that it's totally infeasible to do #CarbonCaptureAndStorage at scale."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/377291/link/

#cdnpoli #abpoli #Climate #EnergyTransition #yyc #BigOil #SueBigOil #CCUS #CarbonCapture #PetroleumPapers #MarkCarney #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Desmog #GeoffDembicki #ClimateSky

Geoff Dembicki's Petroleum Papers & Canada's Carbon Capture Con

The backers of carbon capture and storage have lied to us before. Will we believe them this time?

The Climate Lens
"Consistent #OilAndGas ally #BjornLomborg said 'in realistic terms, I don't think it's ever going to happen,' that deploying this technology, capturing emissions & burying them underground is so expensive that it's totally infeasible to do #CarbonCaptureAndStorage at scale."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2jfr7qhenekca6f6qtjgwdr4/post/3lun7woqvsk2y

@grrlscientist
Some of the spurious arguments that favour "let it rip" are reminiscent of #BjornLomborg's argument on global warming.

http://www.lomborg-errors.dk/

Lomborg Errors

A comprehensive list of errors and flaws in Bjorn Lomborg´s book: The Skeptical Environmentalist, compiled by biologist Kaare Fog.

@yoyoel
Someone calculated just how many pages refutation takes.

And somebody made a website refuting #Bullshit.

#BjornLomborg #TonyAbbott #UniversityOfWesternAustralia #UWA

http://www.lomborg-errors.dk/

Lomborg Errors

A comprehensive list of errors and flaws in Bjorn Lomborg´s book: The Skeptical Environmentalist, compiled by biologist Kaare Fog.

“… from 2019 through the end of Carlson’s show in 2023, he hosted failed politician #MichaelShellenberger 21 times, climate change denier #MarcMorano 14 times, meteorologist #JoeBastardi 8 times, and fossil fuel shill #BjornLomborg 4 times. These guests pushed the “Great Reset” conspiracy theory, cherry-picked statistics to downplay the impacts of extreme weather, or suggested climate activism is a “cult” or a ‘new religion.’”

https://www.mediamatters.org/climate-deniers/how-tucker-carlson-was-terrible-and-effective-megaphone-climate-misinformation

How Tucker Carlson was a terrible and effective megaphone for climate misinformation

Media Matters for America