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why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Contradicted
Collins: US land functioned as a carbon sink under Native American management
“When Native Americans in the United States were in charge of managing the land, our land was a carbon sink.”
Julia Collins Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 14:33 Comfort Food, Climate, and the Future of Our Plates
Assertion Partly supported
Julia Collins: Food waste causes about half of food-related climate change
“Food waste accounts for about half of food-related climate change.”
Julia Collins Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 18:11 Comfort Food, Climate, and the Future of Our Plates
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collins: Venture backers expect a 4x to 7x return in 4-7 years
“You gotta return that money at four to seven x in four to seven years, and it can feel like there's a lot of pressure.”
Julia Collins Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 51:08 Comfort Food, Climate, and the Future of Our Plates
Assertion Supported
Collins: Food systems account for over one-third of global emissions
“When we think about global greenhouse gas emissions, people don't often realize that more than a third Comes from land use and food systems.”
Julia Collins Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 14:04 Comfort Food, Climate, and the Future of Our Plates
Assertion Partly supported
Collins: Seaweed sequesters carbon, deacidifies ocean water, and protects coastlines
“Seaweed has this beautiful ability to draw down carbon. Yes. To deacidify water columns. To act as literal barrier for coastal storms.”
Julia Collins Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 15:34 Comfort Food, Climate, and the Future of Our Plates
Assertion Supported
Collins: Southern Italy's 'la cucina povera' promoted longevity and low diabetes
“In this part of Italy, people were not incredibly wealthy, but they lived to be old, and they were healthy, and low incidences of diabetes and obesity, and it was all about just the food system.”
Julia Collins Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 48:43 Comfort Food, Climate, and the Future of Our Plates
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