• Cegorach@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Other people actually reported that coast guard not only responded with “we don’t know anything yet”, but also with “nobody of us would have told you a cause and we don’t know who did”

    I’ve not seen any proof apart from wild speculation by owner/journalists yet.

    And yes, the owner too pointed at electric cars - but neither people on board nor anybody near the ship was telling about that. So I’d guess that’s just repeating headlines too.

    My point was: don’t claim “maybe it was electric cars”! because people don’t understand “maybe”

    • Link.wav [he/him]@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      You’re right that people who read this will repeat it as gospel.

      I’m still getting lectured by people I barely know about how I’m going to get cancer when they see me with a Diet Pepsi can, even though I’d have to drink more than a 12-pack a day according to the actual data.