Here's a recent article from @SkepticalScience on my "professional" speciality, electric vehicle charging:
https://skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=6205
Plus a picture of #BettyTheBuzz happily rapid charging on her recent road trip to the Netherlands, whilst I grabbed my first coffee of a long day:
Surprisingly positive findings:
"Solar panels generate energy even in cloudy or cold conditions (Ramli et al. 2016). Although cloudy weather may reduce power generation by as much as 45%, substantial energy can still be generated during those conditions (Ramli et al. 2016 and Makrides et al. 2012)."
From our collaboratively adapted collection of #ClimateSolutionsMyths #debunkings, authored at the #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw.
One of 33 helpful treatments.
Our last blast for 2024 was this collaborative output with the #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw, a #RenewableEnergyMythDebunking.
One of 33 compact but solidly sourced treatments authored by Sabin and adapted for easy individual access via Skeptical Science.
This particular set of currently accurate facts is highly vulnerable to changing circumstances. Will it need revising over the next few years? We shall see.
<p>Although the United States still imports a majority of the solar panels it installs, domestic solar manufacturing is on the rise and likely to grow further as manufacturers open factories in the U.S.</p>
We collaborated with the #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw to adapt their excellent rebuttals to 33 #RenewableEnergyMyths for easy granular access outside of the original single report, which was published as a PDF.
Commencing Nov. 5 we've been highlighting one of these #FossilFuelPropaganda #Debunkings per week. Here's the last for 2024. Stay tuned for more in 2025!
@SkepticalScience and #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw have a set of 33 #RenewableEnergyMythDebunkings available.
Introduced here:
https://skepticalscience.com/rebutting-33-false-claims-about-solar-wind-ev.html
Earlier this year our volunteer editor Marc Kodack spotted an impressive answer to climate change solutions denial, 'Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles,' which he included in our weekly climate research survey. Written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, this was obviously a very useful and timely resource. So, we also shared it widely on social media— where we soon noticed a theme in comments: 'Neat report - but it being a single PDF makes it impossible to link to each of the rebuttals directly.'
Whether we call it #EnergyModernization or #EnergyTransition or #RenewableEnergy, with #ClimateChange becoming undeniable the fossilized parts of our energy industry are adapting tactics to keep us locked in the past-- and ruin our chances for #ClimateMitigation.
We collaborated with the #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw to adapt their comprehensive #debunking of #RenewableEnergyMyths for easier access. We're highlighting each of 33 articles, one per week.
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on the report 'Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles' written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in 2024. Below is the blog post version of rebuttal #5 based on Sabin's report.
Our next "Sabin 33," one of 33 debunkings of myths and misunderstandings about energy modernization (aka "energy transition") scrupulously researched for correction by the #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw.
This week: "Are toxic heavy metals from solar panels posing a threat to human health?"
A good question-- but once answered to our satisfaction it shouldn't linger or be fostered as cause or excuse for paralysis.
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on the report 'Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles' written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in 2024. Below is the blog post version of rebuttal #2 based on Sabin's report.
Last week we "officially" launched our collaboration with the #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw.
Behind the scene and pre-launch, adapting Sabin's work was a process needing a lot of elbow grease. All of Sabin's #EnergyTransitionMythDebunkings are now available individually at our website.
Over the next few months we'll be highlighting each article individually, one per week.
Here's the first: "Are electromagnetic fields from solar farms harmful to human health?"
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on the report 'Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles' written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in 2024. Below is the blog post version of rebuttal #1 based on Sabin's report.
"Stronger together!"
Having just launched our collaboration with the #SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw, we continue our work with #Gigafact.
"Are most glaciers growing?" Obviously not, but how is the average person to know, in an information environment crowded by fossil fuel funded #ClimateBunk?
One way is by providing news providers and consumers with concise, factual #ClimateMythDebunkings.
Here's the latest ready-to-serve treatment for newsrooms.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park from the Gigafact team in collaboration with members from our team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline.
"A new Sabin Center white paper reviews reports and studies that propose a range of policy reforms aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy infrastructure while maintaining rigorous environmental and community protections. Through this extensive research, several key themes and recommendations emerged as critical to reforming the permitting process."
Suggestion: background checks for opponents.
With the Biden administration setting ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a clean energy future, the need for swift and efficient deployment of renewable energy projects has never been more urgent. Although the current permitting process is designed to ensure environmental protection and public safety, many argue that these permitting processes […]
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