Fact or Fiction?
For answers - hover curser over the statement, or see further below.
1 - We're all going to die!
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2 - Global warming is a hoax.
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3 - Efficiency is good.
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4 - The apocalypse will arrive in 2030 (or 2100).
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5 - You will decarbonize your life-style.
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6 - Our pollution is changing the weather.
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7 - We must save the planet.
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8 - Atmospheric warming will decrease as soon as our polluting stops.
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9 - The phrase "climate change" was promoted by a Republican strategist.
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10 - No one's in charge.
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1 - True; everyone dies someday.
2 - False; Mother Nature doesn't like pollution.
3 - Not necessarily. Energy efficiency improvements sometimes result in people using more energy afterward - which can cancel out the reduction of energy created by the efficiency improvement!
4 - False; the weather will worsen in fits and starts, but
there won't be one particular Apocalypse day.
5 - True; unless you die first. Everyone will, sooner or later.
6 - True; because all of us, together, make so much of it.
7 - False; the planet is a ball of rock spinning through space. Living creatures
are suffering and dying - that's who to save.
8 - False; due to the accumulation of past pollution, worldwide weather will
continue to worsen for many years.
9 - True; Frank Luntz thought "climate change" was less likely to scare people (into action) than "global warming".
10 - True; you are in charge as much as anyone else is.
Did you know?
Close to half of all emissions since the industrial revolution have been produced since 1990.
1 - True; everyone dies someday.
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2 - False; Mother Nature doesn't like pollution.
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3 - Not necessarily; energy efficiency improvements sometimes result in people using more energy afterward - which can cancel out the reduction of energy created by the efficiency improvement!
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4 - False; the weather will worsen in fits and starts, but there won't be one particular Apocalypse day.
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5 - True; unless you die first. Everyone will, sooner or later.
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6 - True; because all of us, together, make so much of it.
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7 - False; the planet is a ball of rock spinning through space. Living creatures are suffering and dying - that's the problem!
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8 - False; due to the accumulation of past pollution
worldwide weather will continue to warm for many years.
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9 - True; Frank Luntz thought "climate change" was less likely to scare people (into action) than "global warming".
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10 - True; you are in charge as much as anyone else is.
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