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   Ketan Joshi (ketan@climatejustice.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 20:01:00 JST Ketan Joshi

   Me and a few other climate folks on Twitter have noticed a very clear new prominence of climate deniers and delayers

   So with some help, I gathered up some data and checked - it turns out that denial/delay, pro-fossil disinformation accounts have seen massive growth in their audience, while pro-climate-action accounts have either stagnated or shrunk.

   Elon Musk is reshaping Twitter into a safe space for right-wingers, and in doing so, empowering climate change deniers, delayers and pro-fossil advocates more than ever before.

   New post:

   https://ketanjoshi.co/2023/03/28/musk-is-remaking-twitter-into-a-climate-denier-sanctuary/

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 20:41:15 JST clacke

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     • Hypx
     @Hypx @serklarvel @ketan There are use cases for true green hydrogen as a fuel, but overall, the "hydrogen economy", and the current hydrogen hype as much as the one under W, is a bait-and-switch and a delay tactic to keep the fossil fuel industry relevant as long as possible with non-green hydrogen and obfuscated faux-green hydrogen.
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     serklarvel@mastodon.social's status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 20:41:17 JST serklarvel

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     @ketan ironically, Elon's fortune comes from a company that sells electric cars, which is supposed to reduce carbon gas emitions

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     Hypx (hypx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 20:41:17 JST Hypx

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     @serklarvel @ketan Battery electric cars are just a greenwashing exercise. The real future will be #hydrogen powered cars.

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     cleopatra@c.im's status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 20:41:18 JST Cleopatra

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     @Hypx @serklarvel @ketan
     The future is trains.
     With some small(!!) electric cars for those unable or unwilling to ride a bike

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     Hypx (hypx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 21:11:44 JST Hypx

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     @clacke @serklarvel @ketan Batteries are greenwashing. They are the true scam. We cannot make a battery powered society sustainable. It doesn't matter how many time this conspiracy theory is peddled. It will always be false. We must switch to a #hydrogen powered society in order to be sustainable.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 21:11:44 JST clacke

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     @Hypx @serklarvel @ketan It is neither and it is both. Pitching either as a complete solution is misleading, but both have a role to play.