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_“Sustainability” and “climate change” activism taints _Our World in Data_’s presentation of the facts_
FTA: _Our World in Data_ has pushed a series of articles on the impact of climate change on crop production.
While the stories get some of the facts straight, parts stray into speculation. The researcher speculates that some crops have increased less than they would have and that they will decline in the future because of climate change.
“[These] claims are mistaken, based on disputed computer model outputs and unjustified beliefs about crop responses to modest temperature increases, not experience or data, which is what OWID should stick to,” H. Sterling Burnett says.
Contrary to OWID’s argument, the truth is, “Crop yields have increased due to rising CO2 concentrations, reducing hunger in the process,” he says.
Concluding, “You can’t have high yields without CO2 and modern, fossil fuel-intensive, agricultural infrastructure. That’s the overall lesson readers should take away from Ritchie’s Our World in Data series of articles.”
https://expose-news.com/2024/11/07/activism-taints-our-world-in-datas-presentation/
FTA: _Our World in Data_ has pushed a series of articles on the impact of climate change on crop production.
While the stories get some of the facts straight, parts stray into speculation. The researcher speculates that some crops have increased less than they would have and that they will decline in the future because of climate change.
“[These] claims are mistaken, based on disputed computer model outputs and unjustified beliefs about crop responses to modest temperature increases, not experience or data, which is what OWID should stick to,” H. Sterling Burnett says.
Contrary to OWID’s argument, the truth is, “Crop yields have increased due to rising CO2 concentrations, reducing hunger in the process,” he says.
Concluding, “You can’t have high yields without CO2 and modern, fossil fuel-intensive, agricultural infrastructure. That’s the overall lesson readers should take away from Ritchie’s Our World in Data series of articles.”
https://expose-news.com/2024/11/07/activism-taints-our-world-in-datas-presentation/