Understanding Anti-EV Myths & Misinformation
Researchers have determined that about a third of people believe EV myths that are not true. The question is why?
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It’s So Easy To Fool People — Misinformation & Myths Abound
I’ve been covering electric vehicles for 13 years, renewable energy for 16 years, and climate science for 25+ years. I’ve seen so many myths on these topics, so much misinformation. Unfortunately, a lot of it gets quite popular, and it’s super hard to get people to let go of misinformation … [continued]
Trump’s Climate Policy Decisions: Fruit Of The Poisonous Tree
“Fruit of the poisonous tree” is a doctrine that extends the exclusionary rule to make evidence inadmissible in court if it was derived from evidence that was illegally obtained. As the metaphor suggests, if the evidential “tree” is tainted, so is its “fruit.” The fruit of the poisonous tree analogy … [continued]
Simon Michaux’s Purple Delusion: The Pseudoscience of Doom
Simon Michaux has built a reputation on painting an apocalyptic vision of the energy transition, but his work consistently collapses under scrutiny. I’ve personally taken apart his comically bad lithium supply projections and his metal demand doomsday scenarios, and each time, the pattern is the same — wild extrapolations that … [continued]
A Key Reason Why Our Society Is Polluted With Misinformation Today
I was working on some homework today with my daughter who’s in 2nd grade. It came after a couple of days of trying to figure out how smart people are so effectively fooled by misinformation, and don’t see the threat of massive misinformation networks (i.e., X, Facebook, etc.). The homework … [continued]
How Bad Is Renewable Energy Misinformation? Take A Look
I spend about five hours going through news every day, doing research for my blog. Recently, I started seeing multiple instances of posts going online over the course of a day, often over multiple days. One thing that I noticed about this was that the headlines seemed to be anti-renewable. … [continued]
Democracy is Collapsing on Itself from a Massive Media Crisis
I’ve been struggling with the degree to which people absorb misinformation for a while. This year, it’s especially heated up because of how much total nonsense I see people — even very smart people — absorbing and accepting as true. I have also seen more and more people — including … [continued]
Essential Missing Elements In EV Misinformation Campaigns
Media should be a source of relevant information, should increase awareness of policies, and should shift perceptions about EVs for the good of all. However, as long as there is profit to be made from critiquing transportation electrification, we’re going to continue to see headlines questioning decisions to switch to EVs.
Shining A Spotlight On Wind & Solar Misinformation
Wind and solar are a fool’s game says Bryan Leyland of New Zealand. He has some interesting theories about sustainable energy.
Dirty Tricks To Save The Amazon
The Amazon Rainforest is one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, and home to a tremendous diversity of animal, plant, and fungal life. Preserving the Amazon should be considered one of our generation’s greatest priorities, if we are to ward off the worst effects of climate change. One man just … [continued]
