There are plenty of false claims about solar, wind and EV and they are worth debunking.
But there are also a few topics for which the real answer is much more nuanced (for instance claims #9, #12 and #13), where the claim itself is way exaggerated but there are still significant challenges to address, and treating those the same way you treat blatant bullshit is damageable, because of course opponents are going to exploit these to discredit the paper altogether…
I wish academics could be a little more level headed an avoid taking needlessly polarizing takes like that.
There are plenty of false claims about solar, wind and EV and they are worth debunking.
But there are also a few topics for which the real answer is much more nuanced (for instance claims #9, #12 and #13), where the claim itself is way exaggerated but there are still significant challenges to address, and treating those the same way you treat blatant bullshit is damageable, because of course opponents are going to exploit these to discredit the paper altogether…
I wish academics could be a little more level headed an avoid taking needlessly polarizing takes like that.