Are Windmills “Idiot Power”?
This meme claims that windmills take more energy to build than they will ever produce..
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This Takedown is the Bees Knees
This meme alerts us that 7 bees are endangered, and a threat to our food supply. This is a misleading claim.
The Pyrrhic Victory at Standing Rock
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 75,000 likes and 60,000 shares. This meme claims “victory” over the recent Army Corps of Engineers decision to deny easements over a small portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline…
Straightening out the Dakota Pipeline Situation
Courtesy of The Other 98%, with over 74,000 likes and 260,000 shares. This meme, along with many similar ones, portrays the Dakota Pipeline protesters as victims of oppression, and the pipeline company as polluters and…
Costa Rica, Renewable Energy Leader?
Courtesy of The Free Thought Project, with over 4,000 likes and 3,200 shares. This meme claims that Costa Rica has “ditched fossil fuels” and used renewable energy for over 100 days. While not clearly worded,…
Another German Renewable Energy Meme
This meme claims that Germany produced so much renewable energy on May 8 that it needed to pay its citizens to use it. Without context, this meme is extremely misleading, as the reality is much more underwhelming.
The Democratic Socialism Ultimatum
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 25,000 likes and 44,000 shares. This meme points to a litany of items that are supposedly examples of democratic socialism, and gives us an ultimatum. Choose democratic socialism, or…
The Eco Gym Gimmick
Courtesy of The Other 98%, with over 17,000 likes and 4,200 shares. This meme highlights a fitness chain in the Chicago suburbs called “Eco Gym“, which bills itself as an environmentally friendly gym, with the…
How Much Water Does it Take to Make a Burger?
Courtesy of a Los Angeles billboard, but posted to social media by Kathy Freston, a vegan author, with over 8,500 likes and 21,500 shares. This is a mating of the old school version of a…
Climate Change and the “97% of Scientists”
Courtesy of Barack Obama, where it has been echoed throughout the administration, including this John Kerry speech in Indonesia: 97 percent of climate scientists have confirmed that climate change is happening and that human activity…