ClaimsØrsted

“Offshore wind does not take up land or cause inconvenience for neighbours.”

DONG Energy 2017 DONG Energy Annual report 2016 Summary (DONG Energy) archived copy

Factual Technology

Offshore wind does not take up land or cause inconvenience for neighbours.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

Reasoning

The absolute claim about no inconvenience for neighbours is vague and not testable.

Cite this claim

Ørsted, “Offshore wind does not take up land or cause inconvenience for neighbours.” (said 2017). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_7778a1b99197, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_7778a1b99197

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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