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"Wind and solar power pollute the Earth and make life miserable:" DeSantis's Florida Approves Climate-Denial Videos in Schools (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, Ron, everyone knows Clean Coal™️ is the one true source of non-pollution.

Is anyone stupid enough to believe this?

[–] Hizeh@hizeh.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yes... People are stupid

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Children in school

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. They're trying to get their lies in as these children's first belief on the matter. Anyone pushing a different view (such as the truth) will then have to defeat this belief first. Same thing religions do, because they know their stuff doesn't stand up to neutral mature scrutiny.