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No argument from me on turning strengths into weaknesses, and no illusions on my part about the European media. But it is blatantly false because wind is in itself a renewable - as you said, it "makes absolutely no sense as a rational argument".

The question then being why it really matters that a bunch of dickheads prefer this nonsense to less nonsense.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Sep 23rd, 2010 at 04:03:10 PM EST
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They prefer because it's persuasive.

Facts != persuasion. Persuasion can be slimy, misleading, indirect, and criminally dishonest. In the hands of the Right it often is.

That doesn't stop it being an effective influence on opinion, and ultimately on policy.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Sep 23rd, 2010 at 04:13:27 PM EST
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