Climate change conspiracy theories have been spreading on social media, with some claiming that the electricity used by Teslas comes from sources that pollute more than gasoline-powered cars. This has led to misleading claims and falsehoods about climate change, such as a new plan by Oxford’s government to use cameras and fines to limit through-traffic in congested city centers. These theories may be uniquely harmful, steering public opinion and causing harm to climate scientists, politicians, and campaigners.
A 2013 poll in the United States showed that almost 40 believed that climate change was a hoax. Climate skeptics argue that the well-publicized consensus is a fabrication. A popular social media post claims that climate change is a “made-up catastrophe”, despite a large body of evidence supporting the scientific consensus that it is real.
Climate change denial is a form of science denial characterized by rejecting, refusing to acknowledge, disputing, or discrediting the scientific consensus. In a recent international survey, on average, about 17 of respondents considered the conspiracy theory that climate change is a hoax to be true or possibly true.
The Great Global Warming Swindle, a 2007 British polemical documentary film, denies the scientific consensus about climate change. Climate change deniers are using new strategies to spread their beliefs, such as the conspiracy theory that climate change is a hoax. While the harmful effects of climate change have become more observable and tangible, there are still conspiracy theory narratives suggesting that climate change is a hoax.
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