• KombatWombat@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The original tweet’s claim is false.

    TLDR: It referenced an oral interview from a French think tank called The Shift Project. They have since acknowledged it as an error after a fact check from the International Energy Agency. BigThink originally tweeted this in 2019 along with a corresponding article. They have since issued a correction on the article and deleted the tweet. The IEA estimated that it would take around 45 hours of Netflix streaming to generate the carbon emissions of driving 4 miles.

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      5 months ago

      The IEA estimated that it would take around 45 hours of Netflix streaming to generate the carbon emissions of driving 4 miles.

      Just a little 90x error, lol

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      5 months ago

      And they call themselves BigThink… .They really ought to change their name, it does not suit them. As they clearly don’t think before they scream.