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Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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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 Supported
Dutta: Climate does not rank in top 15 voter priority issues
“If, I'd encourage everyone to check this, David Shore, who is a famous data scientist, tweeted out an axis. On one axis, it is, what issues Voters trust each party with more. And on the other axis, it is the sort of intensity of importance of those issues. If …”
Shomik Dutta Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 15:39 This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington
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Dutta: Russia, North Korea, and China dominate global lithium-6 supply
“The three countries that dominate lithium-six supply are Russia, North Korea, and China.”
Shomik Dutta Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 38:09 This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington
Assertion Partly supported
Dutta: Antora invented the most efficient thermal photovoltaic panels in science
“They've invented the world's most efficient thermal photovoltaic panels that have ever been known to science. They were on the cover of Science Magazine for it.”
Shomik Dutta Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 46:48 This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington
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Dutta: Horizontal Fracking Technology Stemmed from 1970s DOE R&D Funding
“And the roots of horizontal fracking come from the Department of Energy. In an energy crisis in the seventies, a whole lot of R&D funding was put into place to make a drill turn 90 degrees, and surprise and delight generations to come.”
Shomik Dutta Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 10:05 This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington
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Dutta: Wildfire costs reached $680 billion in the past year alone
“We saw six hundred and eighty billion dollars of wildfire costs last year alone.”
Shomik Dutta Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 41:37 This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington
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Dutta: Transmission costs rise at three times inflation while generation lags inflation
“And the fact of the matter is that the cost of generation has been less than the rate of inflation, and the cost of transmission has been like three times the rate of inflation.”
Shomik Dutta Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 43:30 This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington
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