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Is Science Dead Already?

If mainstream news has any power left at all, it might be to drag down the conventional science establishment along with it.

We saw in the “business news” of BBC, (Also tagged “Environment”), a story repeating the illogical accusation that Bitcoin, rather than being an unsung hero of our environment, is somehow a threat to it.

“The study was written by academics from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Cornell University and the University of Surrey. It was published by the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications.” — BBC

This was the closest we got to an actual reference link to an original article.

So as yet, I can’t find it, buried amongst the myriad of other rags quoting the same vague reference.

Anyone pointing me to the source, or even supplying it, thus defeating the usual colonialisation of information, would be much appreciated.

An immediate logical flaw in the BBC story, which begs us to look critically at all of it, is this statement:

“China wants its emissions to peak in 2030, and has plans to be carbon neutral by 2060.” — BBC