Assertion Supported
Lott: CARB mandates all new car sales be zero-emission by 2035
“Transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California, but on August 25th of this year, CARB, which stands for the California Air Resources Board, which is this organization that deals with regulating air quality in California, well, C…”
Prediction Held up
Lott: Up to 17 states tied to California rules may ban gas cars
“New York is also banning gas-powered car sales by twenty-thirty-five, and soon, as many as 17 other states, like Washington and Massachusetts, which currently have vehicle emissions standards tied to California's, may follow suit.”
Assertion Partly supported
Lott: European Energy Purchases Supplied Russia an Estimated $1B Daily
“Well, those energy purchases have allowed Russia to continue financing their military, supplying an estimated one billion dollars a day to Moscow.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lott: Direct molten oxide electrolysis could eventually outcompete green hydrogen
“If the technology improves fast enough, it could outcompete hydrogen, but it's got a long way to go.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: Germany sourced over half its natural gas from Russia in 2022
“When Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Germany was getting more than half of its gas from Russia.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: Chancellor Gerhard Schröder solidified plans for Nord Stream 1
“And from 1998 to 2005, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder pushed the hardest. He's the one who helped solidify plans for a pipeline from Russia called Nord Stream One.”
Assertion Partly supported
Lott: Europe's pivot from Russian fuels caused greenhouse emissions increase
“As Europe reduced its dependence on Russian fossil fuels, it saw its greenhouse gas emissions increase. As it shifted its energy sources.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: CARB projects 9.5 million fewer gas cars sold by 2035
“The agency estimates that by twenty-thirty-five, the regulation will result And 9.5 million fewer gas powered cars being sold.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: Rule avoids $13B in pollution health costs by 2040
“According to CARB, the regulation will reduce deaths associated with pollution exposure and save Californians the equivalent of thirteen billion dollars in avoided health costs due to pollution from 2026 to 20 40.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lott: Coal power remains economically competitive in pockets of the American West
“So there's some parts of the country I'm thinking about some pockets in the West where actually coal still makes it in the market. It's still competitive. It's still alive.”
Prediction Held up
Lott: 2021 US coal power resurgence will be short-term
“So I can't see coal roaring back to its glory days of a few decades ago. I don't think anyone sees that. I personally think it'll be shorter term.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: One in three Americans is currently energy insecure
“I think about the one in three Americans that are currently energy insecure in this country right now. They either can't pay their bills or they're not turning on their air conditioning or heating and making their home healthy to be in because they know they c…”
Assertion Contradicted
Lott: Central Bank of Russia Was Blocked From Over $400B Abroad
“And the Central Bank of Russia was blocked from accessing more than four hundred billion that it held abroad.”
Assertion Supported
Dr. Lott: Decarbonizing steel would cut global carbon emissions by 8%
“Cleaning up the steel industry would mean that we could cut global carbon pollution by eight percent. That's more than the total greenhouse gas emissions from India.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: Freight trucks drove a post-pandemic rebound in US diesel demand
“And, you know, we can see in transportation that, like, diesel demand is really up again. And this is coming from a lot of freight, a lot of trucks on the road, moving goods around, moving all that stuff that we're buying.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: US transportation emissions dropped 15% in 2020, then rebounded 10%
“So, transportation had decreased overall by, I think, was 15% from 2019 to 20 20, and we've seen it come back by 10%.”
Assertion Supported
Lott: US electric power emissions rebounded 6.5% after a 10% drop
“So that's back up overall, you know, went down 10% and it's back up six and a half percent.”
Assertion Contradicted
Lott: US passenger gasoline demand remained flat in 2021 despite predictions
“Overall, I think what is surprising to some, maybe surprising to a lot of people, is that if you look at gasoline demand for passenger transport, it's actually been pretty
[440] SPEAKER_05: Flat.
[441] Dr. Melissa Lott: So some people were saying, oh, it's goi…”
Assertion Partly supported
Lott: Germany was the world's third-largest coal producer in 1951
“And Germany was the Biggest producer of coal in the world behind the U.S. And Great Britain.”
