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Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The claim that grazing cattle and sheep are good for the climate is the most effective form of climate denial now in circulation. The claim that grazing cattle and sheepare good for the climate is the mosteffective form of climate denial now incirculation. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The idea that individual action cannot help stop climate change is a more damaging lie than climate denial itself. — tap to centre the map on it The idea that individual actioncannot help stop climate change is amore damaging lie than climatedenial itself. Last stated 2 months ago 29 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Claims that AI will be a net benefit for the climate lack strong supporting evidence. — tap to centre the map on it Claims that AI will be a net benefitfor the climate lack strongsupporting evidence. Last stated a month ago 16 Sept 2026 KJ Ketan Joshi — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Climate denial is fueled by fossil-fuel financial interest, anti-regulation ideology, and psychological insecurity. — tap to centre the map on it Climate denial is fueled byfossil-fuel financial interest,anti-regulation ideology, andpsychological insecurity. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Asserting the facts of good science, with the narrative that explains them, works where rebuttal may not — tap to centre the map on it Asserting the facts of good science,with the narrative that explainsthem, works where rebuttal may not Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jun 2016 AG Atul Gawande — holds since 2016-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The fossil fuel industry's main political victory is making climate truth unspeakable among politicians, not convincing people it's false. — tap to centre the map on it The fossil fuel industry's mainpolitical victory is making climatetruth unspeakable among politicians,not convincing people it's false. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are. — tap to centre the map on it Beef and lamb are the mostland-hungry and climate-damagingfarm products there are. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Genuinely valuing truth, honesty and climate action logically entails opposing generative AI. — tap to centre the map on it Genuinely valuing truth, honesty andclimate action logically entailsopposing generative AI. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jun 2026 KJ Ketan Joshi — holds since 2026-06-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing about the American Southwest without acknowledging drought, rising temperatures, and pollution is intellectually dishonest. — tap to centre the map on it Writing about the American Southwestwithout acknowledging drought,rising temperatures, and pollutionis intellectually dishonest. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 LM Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 8 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it A spacecraft built to servicesatellites is also a weapon, becausethe same robotic arm that refuelsone can disable one. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Mar 2024 BC Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A transition to wind and solar power could reduce the likelihood of war. — tap to centre the map on it A transition to wind and solar powercould reduce the likelihood of war. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Oct 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-10-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The claim that grazing cattle and sheep are good for the climate is the most effective form of climate denial now in circulation. Last stated 12 May 2025 · a year ago Holds George Monbiot Read this korrent →