Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-21 09:16:02 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CAFC1BA2A775ACEC184ABEB9734CBAAD97973168E7F17B04E8D43E9E1B8AD74A
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Original Note:
This tweet has been debunked by multiple news outlets since 2021; this photo is not from Texas and is in fact from Sweden in 2015. Hot water jets were used to defrost the wind turbine. If referring to the helicopter, at most it will burn 20 gallons an hour. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/02/18/fact-check-image-meme-wind-turbine-de-icing-sweden/6787470002/ https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/02/26/texas-wind-turbines-power-outage-renewable-energy-fox-news-lara-logan/6835891002/
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