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OKIsItJustMe

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4. You use "Appeal to Authority" all of the time

Reply to NNadir (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:41 PM

Friday

Strictly speaking, it is an “informal fallacy.” Just because an “authority” believes something, does not logically prove that it is true. However, citing an authority on a matter makes much more sense than someone who is totally ignorant of the subject.

You like it, when it appears to support your position. For example, you like to (selectively) cite
IEA World Energy Outlook 2024
Table A.1a: World energy supply Page 296.

However, you do not cite Table A.3a

IEA World Energy Outlook 2024
Table A.3a: World electricity sector Page 299.

Why is that? (Here, I have focused on numbers of interest.)

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China's lead in Green Hydrogen [View all] OKIsItJustMe Thursday OP

Why should the rest of the world worry about "being behind" in wasting energy? NNadir Thursday #1

I don't believe the world should worry about China's lead. OKIsItJustMe Thursday #2

Thanks for the "Appeal to Authority" fallacy. NNadir Thursday #3

You use "Appeal to Authority" all of the time OKIsItJustMe Friday #4

One cannot excuse the failure of so called "renewable energy" by hiding behind hydro NNadir Friday #5

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Figure 1.14 OKIsItJustMe Friday #7

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"their many distortions and lies" OKIsItJustMe 13 hrs ago #12

I'm saying the there are dunderheads who can't INTERPRET data. I trust DATA from the EIA, not the soothsaying... NNadir 13 hrs ago #15

Oh, and do tell us all how all that installed wind and solar junk is doing at addressing extreme global heating. NNadir 20 hrs ago #11

It's addressing it about as well as nuclear power is OKIsItJustMe 13 hrs ago #13

Floating Offshore Wind to Hydrogen thought crime Yesterday #8

Yes! This is a technology that's been in development. OKIsItJustMe 13 hrs ago #14