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Ignorance is Everywhere

Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:41
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Ignorance is everywhere but in some places it is more deeply spread than in others and on some topics, such as the environmental protection I can find myself in despair about the ignorance.  Fox News is a good example, although it is not unique. I have seen similar ignorance displayed on the BBC and by the Advertising Standards Authority. Some may be well educated but education does not make you smart.

The following is a good and recent example of what I mean.

http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/07/fox_news_expert_on_solar_energy_germany_gets_a_lot_more_sun_than_we_do_video.html?original_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F%3Fcount%3D25%26after%3Dt3_184w7m

Three journalists on Fox Business Network hardly showed themselves to be informed or even educated in that clip. Apparently the viewers were told

  • Germany has a lot more sun than the United States
  • Solar will not work when its cloudy or rainy and
  • Solar just won’t work on the East Coast of America.

It would be funny if it was not so tragic.

Filed under: climate change, electricity, global warming, microgeneration, solar, solar energy, solar panels Tagged: Fox Business Network, Gretchen Carlson, ignorance, Shibani Joshi



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