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3. It''s actually a survey article, not necessarily peer reviewed, but, in any case, peer review is not a magic formula...
Sat Nov 18, 2023, 06:54 AM
Nov 2023

...that renders nonsense into truth.

Were the opposite true we would never see retractions, including those involving fraud that have made their way not only through peer review, but even to acclaim.

We forget that science is a human enterprise, subject to all the foibles of humanity, including the embrace of fallacies, including but not limited to the bandwagon fallacy.

It is a cultural phenomenon, disturbing to me and I'm sure many others, to believe that if one states the word "hydrogen" one is talking about clean energy. It is, indeed, officially endorsed around the world, including in this country. This is immediately falsifiable on inspection since hydrogen is overwhelmingly produced using fossil fuels, is not primary energy, and the 2nd law of thermodynamics has never been disproved, and, I'm sure, never will be.

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