tag: climate
9 proofs
Current global warming is primarily driven by natural climate cycles rather than human CO2 emissions.
Sources: NOAA Climate.gov — Are humans causing or contributing to global warming?, NOAA Climate.gov — What evidence exists that Earth is warming and humans are the main cause?, NASA Science — Is the Sun causing global warming?
Electric vehicles have a larger lifetime carbon footprint than gasoline cars when manufacturing and battery disposal are included.
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, FactCheck.org (citing ICCT global lifecycle analysis), Recurrent Auto (EV research and analytics) +1 more
Extreme weather events (hurricanes, wildfires, floods) have become dramatically more frequent and intense solely because of climate change.
Sources: NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) — Global Warming and Hurricanes, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fact Sheet FS-076-03 — Effects of Urban Development on Floods, PNAS Nexus — Wildfire risk management in the era of climate change (2024) +1 more
Higher atmospheric CO2 is beneficial "plant food" with no net negative effects.
Sources: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Earth Observatory: Global Warming, NOAA Ocean Service — Ocean Acidification +2 more
Infinite economic growth is possible on a finite planet.
Sources: International Energy Agency (IEA) — 2024 Commentary, World Resources Institute (WRI), Our World in Data (Hannah Ritchie)
Nuclear power is too dangerous to be a major part of any clean-energy future.
Sources: Our World in Data (Hannah Ritchie), World Nuclear Association (citing 2013 Tyndall Centre study), World Nuclear Association +1 more
Renewable energy (solar + wind) can replace fossil fuels without major grid upgrades or backups.
Sources: IEA — Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions, IRENA via PV Tech — Grid Infrastructure and Energy Storage Key to Energy Transition, IEA — Renewables 2025 +1 more
The climate has always changed — today's warming is not unusual or alarming.
Sources: NASA Science — Climate Change Evidence, NOAA Climate.gov — Climate Change: Global Temperature, IPCC AR6 via Carbon Brief +1 more
Training and running today's frontier AI models consumes more electricity than entire small countries.
Sources: International Energy Agency (IEA), Energy and AI 2025 report, Executive Summary, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electricity Use in Homes, WorldData.info: Nauru Energy Consumption +2 more