Inaccurate
Electric cars aren’t seven times more expensive than gasoline-powered cars, as claimed on Facebook
Claim:
An electric car “costs more than seven times as much” as a gasoline powered car
Lambert Baraut-Guinet
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-09-27 -
1.3HighRain fell on Greenland summit for the first time on record, as accurately reported by CNN
“The article is highly factual. One issue that we have is the lack of data over the Greenland Ice Sheet (both spatially and temporally). Thus some of the claims, although backed by the limited data, are valid; we can’t be sure that we may have missed similar outliers. For example, we can’t be sure that a rain event of the type described did not occur in the period before observations were made or may have occurred somewhere on the ice sheet before in a region without any observations.”
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InaccurateA 2014 study showed that the US Corn Belt is one of the biggest primary producers on Earth in July, but didn’t show that it produces more oxygen than the Amazon
Claim:
"the US corn crop, at its peak, produces 40% more oxygen than the Amazon rainforest."
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-09-05 -
Global warming contributes to increased heat-related mortality, contrary to Bjorn Lomborg’s unsupported claims that climate change is saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year
Claim:
"Global warming saves 166,000 lives each year"; those claiming that climate change is causing heat-related deaths are wrong because they ignore that the population is growing and becoming older
Source: New York Post, Bjorn Lomborg, 2021-09-04 -
InaccurateSea temperatures around the Great Barrier Reef have increased over the last 150 years, contrary to claim at Wattsupwiththat
Claim:
"Great Barrier Reef Sea Surface Temperature: No Change In 150 Years"
Source: Climate Change Dispatch, Watts Up With That?, Climate Realism, David Mason-Jones, 2021-08-28 -
IncorrectSolar forcing is not the main cause of current global warming, contrary to claim by Alex Newman in the Epoch Times
Claim:
The Sun and not human emissions of carbon dioxide may be the main cause of warmer temperatures in recent decades. There is a systemic bias in UN IPCC's data selection.
Source: Newsmax, The Western Journal, The Epoch Times, Alex Newman, 2021-08-16 -
InaccurateDespite 2021 being a good year for coral health, coral in the Great Barrier Reef has declined over the past decade and is threatened by climate change, contrary to claims by Peter Ridd
Claim:
“The amount of coral on the Great Barrier Reef is at record high levels”; those claiming the reef is threatened by climate change are alarmists
Source: Watts Up With That?, The Australian, Climate Change Dispatch, Peter Ridd, 2021-07-21