Rob Barton

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

MEGA FACTCHECK

EVs are “likely crucial” for tackling transport CO2, says the IPCC – and sales are rocketing

But EVs still face relentless hostile media coverage

So, I spent the past few months debunking 21 (!) of the most common EV myths

Here it is 🧵

https://t.co/gfqcswgRvK

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@LeeAndersonMP_ Stunned into silence with how un statesmenlike your comments were probably.

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

😂😂

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@LozzaFox The discourse has become political. You’re left-wing and climate change is conclusive proof that the evils of capitalism & greed will destroy our planet. You’re a right-wing freedom loving libertarian and climate is a tool for an over-bearing state stopping us doing stuff.

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@LozzaFox ‘It’s good to be skeptical’ but ‘when journalists treat scientists as authorities of truth, trusting or distrusting scientists is becoming a matter of political identity’ brilliant piece by Neil Halloran https://t.co/ROD4Tw2rt0

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@LozzaFox Tackling truth decay. With respectful discourse deniers and doomers can find common ground. https://t.co/FHmXZodr1h

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@MillerMj314 @DanWuori My son called a helicopter a ‘cock cock’ until he was three. Terribly patenting - we should have corrected him earlier.

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@NoContextBrits The Little Shite

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@NoContextBrits Total shite

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@JustStop_Oil How utterly selfish. Don’t these people realise that not everybody cares that climate change could bring about the breakdown of life supporting systems and societal collapse in our children’s life times. We just want to watch snooker.

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@ZLabe @NSIDC 🤦Not sure it will stop the stupids, but here goes. Yes it’s summer down there. Ice always melts in summer and grows in winter. What has been observed is that it’s melting more in summer and growing less in winter. Melting sea ice doesn’t raise sea level. Land ice melting does.

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

Maybe I’m getting a bit Christmassy, but the Dutch National Anthem makes me want to sing O Little Town of Bethlehem.

[Telecoms.com @telecoms]

Join this special event next month to discover how the telecoms industry can explore best practices to approach climate change. Seats are limited—submit your RSVP here: https://t.co/47cv9QfZRa

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@ExtinctionR It fosters a class war, alienates those that need to be engaged with and further encourages accepting scientific fact or not as being a left or right thing, which will lead to us losing everything. (2/2)

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@ExtinctionR Yes, EVs are expensive. Though if you can afford to swap your fossil fuel driven vehicle for an EV you should. Unsubstantiated statements demonising those that do does not help us in the war on climate. (1/2)

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Boris Johnson calls emergency Cobra meeting after finding 24 bottles of it in the fridge at Chequers.

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

@BootstrapCook As my 9 year old self, cheese & marmalade.

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

Went to Homebase today to buy an axe. Got loads of firewood to chop. Greeted the cashier with ‘Here’s Johnny!’ Don’t think she’s seen it. #theshining

[Rob Barton @BartUK]

For the future of young people in the EU & UK: We need a new YOUTH VISA now! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/mPztddrvT2 via @UKChange