Well, if Sky News Australia is anything to judge by, this lot is five steps to the right of National Inquirer. Thanks for calling out the gaslighters!
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 8, 2020, at 2:00 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I know that a couple of semi-apologists here will probably dismiss my > comment, but this is just another round in a long-running, well-funded anti- > EV campaign. > > It follows an early example set in 1995 by the infamous Carnegie Mellon > study. That formerly respected institution sold its prestigious name to > produce a bizarre screed claiming that lead battery powered EVs would > produce 60 times the lead emissions of ICEVs. > > Science Magazine also gave up its reputation to publish the study. > > So did the New York Times, which put it on the front page. > > The study's 3 authors reached this conclusion by making every worst-case > assumption possible: > > Understating typical specific energy for lead batteries (18 Wh/kg!) > Overstating the typical lead battery mass in EVs (> 1500kg!) > Understating battery cycle life > Overstating lead mining emissions (using 49 year old data) > Understating lead battery recyling percentage > Overstating battery recycling lead emissions > Assuming that lead batteries would always power EVs > Neglecting lead battery use in ICEVs > > So who did Carnegie Mellon and Science sell out to? Surprise, the study was > funded by Mobil Oil and other petroleum companies, and reached the precise > conclusions the funders requested. > > Despite many articles thoroughly debunking the study's conclusions, it just > won't go away. It was quoted again and again through the late 1990s and > even into the 2000s. > > In fact, when the lead author of that study, "environmental economist" > Lester B. Lave, died in 2011, his Carnegie Mellon obituary outrageously > repeated - quite reverentially - the same bogus conclusions from the same > bogus 1995 study. > > Here we are now, in the Nth verse of this dissonant old song. There are > countless foundations and think tanks worldwide (especially concentrated in > the US) funded by oil wealth. This is part of their funders' long term > strategy. They're patient, and they intend to win. They consider it an > investment. And they have plenty of money to invest in it. > > Rupert Murdoch's media outlets always salivate over their "findings." He > controls hundreds of media operations worldwide, and that makes him a high- > wattage amplifier for anti-EV propaganda. > > Few media people have done more to thwart environmental progress in English > speaking nations than Rupert Murdoch. Hell has a special high-temperature > spot reserved to sanitize him when he arrives. > > In case you'd like to know what media outlets to boycott, Murdoch's major > outlets include the following. This is based on the latest information I > have. Some of this may have changed by now, so corrections are welcome. > > Fox TV (News, sports, business, network) > National Geographic (!) > The Wall Street Journal > Barrons > Marketwatch > The New York Post > > In the UK and Australia Murdoch fully or partially controls: > > Sky UK Limited > Sky News of Australia > The Sun > The Times > The Australian > The Daily Telegraph > Herald Sun > Courier Mail > Business Spectator > > Murdoch also has full or partial interests in: > > carguide.com > HarperCollins Publishers > Hulu > SKY Italy > SKY Germany > TATA SKY (Asia) > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > All we learn from history is history repeats. > > -- Andrew Ratshin > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
