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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1355348)	4/23/2022 10:07:41 AM
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Deniers are gonna deny; it's what they do. The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is the United Kingdom's most high-profile climate denier group. It opposes action to mitigate climate change. Founded by Nigel Lawson, [1] it is a registered educational charity "deeply concerned about the costs and other implications of many of the policies currently being advocated" to mitigate global warming. [2] Although founder Lawson claims to accept that anthropogenic global warming is occurring, this acceptance appears to be "considerably less than half-hearted;" [3] the GWPF webpage banner image sports a short-term (2001-2010) temperature graph (blue, below) giving the appearance that the world is not warming. sourcewatch.org

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1355348)	4/23/2022 5:10:59 PM
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PFIZER CREATING DRUGS TO KEEP THE HOAX GOING Recipients of Biden-touted Paxlovid report Covid symptoms returning and even testing positive for the virus again after completing course of the drug dailymail.co.uk Some recipients of Paxlovid, an antiviral pill developed by Pfizer, are reporting Covid symptoms returning after finishing their course of the drug The drug was touted by President Joe Biden and collectively offered to all Americans at his 2022 State of the Union address There are multiple reports of people in the Boston area suddenly feeling sick and testing positive for Covid after the drug initially helped them get over the virus One expert described it as 'cat and mouse', with the virus being able to return after the drug suppressing it cleared from a person's system

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1355348)	4/23/2022 5:14:07 PM
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thecentersquare.com Experts question 'green' claims for electric vehicles Scott McClallen \| The Center Square 3-4 minutes (The Center Square) – Some experts this Earth Day are questioning whether electric vehicles (EV) are actually as environmentally friendly as initially claimed by automakers and government officials. In the words of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan’s automakers are speeding to an “ all-electric future,” despite looming supply chain issues, chip shortages, and a possible battery shortage. Last week, Rivian Automotive CEO RJ Scaringe warned reporters of a potentially looming shortage of raw materials essential to manufacturing EV batteries, which he added could be a more significant problem than the current computer-chip shortage. “Put very simply, all the world’s cell production combined represents well under 10% of what we will need in 10 years,” Scaringe said last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Meaning, 90% to 95% of the supply chain does not exist,” he added. Widespread EV adoption would require rare earth minerals, including cobalt, lithium, and nickel, which are in short supply in the United States. Importing the minerals, moreover, sparks ethical questions as rare earth minerals extraction overseas often involves child slave labor and can damage the environment. The world’s top lithium producers are South America, where Argentina and Chile provide 93% of U.S. lithium. Amnesty International reports thousands of child laborers mine cobalt for lithium batteries. Additionally, a Guardian report noted that children as young as six work in the mines. While they don’t guzzle gas, a single Tesla requires seven kilograms of lithium for its battery pack, which requires an energy-intensive extraction from the brine of salt flats that can damage the environment and cause water shortages, such as in Chile’s Atacama and Argentina’s Salar de Hombre Muerto regions, Ronald J. Deibert explains in his book “Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for a Civil Society.” In the Democratic Republic of Congo, which produces most of the world’s cobalt, child slaves often work in the mines. Most Michiganders don’t drive EVs. The Secretary of State’s office counts 5.8 million gas vehicles, 13,545 EVs, and 105,651 hybrid vehicles registered in the state. However, Michigan has dumped more than $1 billion into EV subsidies. Jason Hayes, director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said Michiganders should consider the “full environmental impact” of EVs. “Electric vehicles are promoted as the more environmentally friendly choice, because the ratings often only consider CO2 emissions from the tailpipe,” Hayes said in a statement. “But EVs have their share of CO2 embedded in their manufacturing processes and they use six times more mineral than conventional vehicles – many of which have to be mined, processed and then imported from developing nations. EVs will also put tremendous stresses on our increasingly fragile and weather-dependent electric grid. It’s time for government to stop caving to green special interests and honestly inform consumers a