Latest False Fact-checks in Energy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X: “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.” Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.” Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’” Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills. X posts stated on November 5, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day. Climate Power stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email: Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’” Dave McCormick stated on August 8, 2024 in an X post: “Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.” American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad: "EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars." Americans for Prosperity stated on December 4, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: “Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.” Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years. Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas". Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines." Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas". Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post: A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.” Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.: Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.” Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.” Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2023 in an image: "We’re just burning 300 gallons of jet fuel to de-ice this clean energy wind turbine … that needs 80 gallons of synthetic oil to operate." Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023: Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo. Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2022 in a Facebook post: Antony Blinken “confesses that Biden” is responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline leaks. Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video: 2018 interview shows Bill Gates has changed his position on clean energy Facebook posts stated on September 3, 2022 in video: The federal government is providing free solar panel installation and $8,500 incentive checks to eligible homeowners. Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn." Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.” Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: "If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions." Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet: Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher. Kevin McCarthy stated on June 17, 2022 in a tweet: “American oil is … more affordable” than foreign oil.
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U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X: “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.” Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.” Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’” Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills. X posts stated on November 5, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day. Climate Power stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email: Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’” Dave McCormick stated on August 8, 2024 in an X post: “Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.” American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad: "EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars." Americans for Prosperity stated on December 4, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: “Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.” Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years. Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas". Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines." Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas". Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post: A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.” Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.: Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.” Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.” Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2023 in an image: "We’re just burning 300 gallons of jet fuel to de-ice this clean energy wind turbine … that needs 80 gallons of synthetic oil to operate." Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023: Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo. Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2022 in a Facebook post: Antony Blinken “confesses that Biden” is responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline leaks. Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video: 2018 interview shows Bill Gates has changed his position on clean energy Facebook posts stated on September 3, 2022 in video: The federal government is providing free solar panel installation and $8,500 incentive checks to eligible homeowners. Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn." Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.” Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: "If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions." Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet: Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher. Kevin McCarthy stated on June 17, 2022 in a tweet: “American oil is … more affordable” than foreign oil.
U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X: “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”
Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”
Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”
Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills.
X posts stated on November 5, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day.
Climate Power stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email: Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”
Dave McCormick stated on August 8, 2024 in an X post: “Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.”
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad: "EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars."
Americans for Prosperity stated on December 4, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: “Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.”
Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.
Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas".
Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.”
Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines."
Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas".
Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post: A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.: Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”
Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.”
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2023 in an image: "We’re just burning 300 gallons of jet fuel to de-ice this clean energy wind turbine … that needs 80 gallons of synthetic oil to operate."
Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023: Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo.
Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2022 in a Facebook post: Antony Blinken “confesses that Biden” is responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline leaks.
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video: 2018 interview shows Bill Gates has changed his position on clean energy
Facebook posts stated on September 3, 2022 in video: The federal government is providing free solar panel installation and $8,500 incentive checks to eligible homeowners.
Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn."
Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.”
Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: "If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions."
Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet: Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.
Kevin McCarthy stated on June 17, 2022 in a tweet: “American oil is … more affordable” than foreign oil.
