“A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 20 Jul 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A wind turbine can produce in months, not years, more energy than was needed to manufacture it.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 August 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/carlhigbie/3150593822426665805
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