[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is nothing in that link linking them to Elon Musk, and they are transparent about their funding from Bill Gates https://global-change-data-lab.org/. Just because they have a neoliberal slant does not make their work worthless.

Besides, they clearly cite the study that the chart is based on https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2134/agronj2005.0001

Edit: Missed the link to the musk foundation, one moment.

Edit 2: They claim

Our World in Data lists various “sponsors” that have made contributions to support the project. These “sponsors” include the Musk Foundation, the Pritzker Innovation Fund, and the Camp Foundation. OWID also notes that it is funded by “more than 4,000 people” who have donated directly via the website.

They do not list any sponsors on the page linked.

I could not find anything on https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/musk-foundation/ about them.

All I could find is

Global Change Data Lab is supported by donations from several thousand readers of the web publication Our World in Data, as well as grants from the Quadrature Climate Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In the past we have also received support from the World Health Organization, the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom, and many other generous individuals and organizations that have made contributions to our work.

You find our accounts and a full description of how we are funded in our Annual Report; and you can read the list of donors and supporters on Our World in Data’s Funding Page.

https://global-change-data-lab.org/

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)
    [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Dutchie here. Not gay. During an office party one of the bosses mentioned a new employee was "part of the club" (i.e., gay). I found that so disrespectful I quit.

    Not to say homophobia is not an issue here and feels like it's been on the rise past years (within certain more 'conservative' demographics). But yeah, the average Dutch person couldn't give a flying fuck.

    These numbers to me are just bizarre to me. One third in the USA, holy shit! Land of the free, except if you're not like me.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago*

    We have a clean source of energy that could have prevented countless deaths, that we chose not to use. And the saddest part is because we chose not to use it it grew far more expensive thanks to negative learning.

    Overnight construction cost per kilowatt hour in the United States:

    Meanwhile in France, where they continued to build:

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421516300106#f0030

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If there's at least one thing I can agree on with the Rep/lean Rep in this chart is would definitely be on nuclear. I personally don't got beef with it so long as we find a better way of disposing the resulting waste than just burying it ( unless we already have a better, more effective and efficient method ).

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    We can clearly see how stupid Republicans and Republican leaning voters are from this chart alone. You have to be all kinds of stupid to think expanding coal, offshore drilling, and fracking are good ideas. May every supporter have runoff in their drinking water. We need another pandemic.

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