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> nobody wants to believe the headline/article Look at the headline— "'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months" and the

> nobody wants to believe the headline/article Look at the headline— "'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months" and the article's very first sentence— "Renewables alone have powered the Uruguayan economy for nearly four straight months." versus the quote you use (the second sentence of the article)— "In the three months to end-September 2023, the South American nation generated all of its electricity from renewable sources" Both the headline and the first sentence are misleading. The writer did this on purpose. My guess is it's because he (Nick Hedley) likely knows that many (most?) people reading the headline won't go past that first sentence and will come away with a false sense of what really happened. Couldn't he have instead spread the good news with "Energy independent Uruguay runs its electrical grid on 100% renewables for four straight months"? How is asking for upfront honesty being an acerbic pedant?

forgetfreeman 3y ago
Proving OP's point in 3....2....1....
- atypicaluser 3y ago
  It appears I have to explain myself better. You've heard the phrase "read the room"? The OP added this article to HN, a site known for its detail-oriented minds (programmers, engineers, technicians, etc.) or, if you prefer another insult, "rules lawyers". And then someone complains that these same detail-oriented folks find that some of the details in the article are lacking? And tries shaming them into giving up their detail-oriented ways? Odd flex.
  - kristopolous 3y ago
    The issue is some people are quick to dismiss progress especially on technologies with political salience.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
    > a site known for its detail-oriented minds a site known for a commentariat that is, in aggregate, frequently wrong about details, particularly details that matter. yes, it's great when people who really know what they are writing about show up here. But the great unwashed masses in the comment threads, for all of their fabled "detail-oriented minds" appear wrong at least as often as they are right. "On the internet nobody knows you're an HN commenter with 3 years of JS experience".
    - forgetfreeman 3y ago
      Oh we know. We know. Man I miss n-gate.
      - AndrewKemendo 3y ago
        I hadn't looked in a while. Sad that it ran out of steam
regularjack 3y ago
It's a clickbaity headline. That's it.
nerdponx 3y ago
It's possible that the author treats "energy" and "electricity" as synonymous, either out of laziness or ineptitude. Seems more probable than a deliberate attempt to manipulate readers.

forgetfreeman 3y ago

Proving OP's point in 3....2....1....

atypicaluser 3y ago
It appears I have to explain myself better. You've heard the phrase "read the room"? The OP added this article to HN, a site known for its detail-oriented minds (programmers, engineers, technicians, etc.) or, if you prefer another insult, "rules lawyers". And then someone complains that these same detail-oriented folks find that some of the details in the article are lacking? And tries shaming them into giving up their detail-oriented ways? Odd flex.
- kristopolous 3y ago
  The issue is some people are quick to dismiss progress especially on technologies with political salience.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
  > a site known for its detail-oriented minds a site known for a commentariat that is, in aggregate, frequently wrong about details, particularly details that matter. yes, it's great when people who really know what they are writing about show up here. But the great unwashed masses in the comment threads, for all of their fabled "detail-oriented minds" appear wrong at least as often as they are right. "On the internet nobody knows you're an HN commenter with 3 years of JS experience".
  - forgetfreeman 3y ago
    Oh we know. We know. Man I miss n-gate.
    - AndrewKemendo 3y ago
      I hadn't looked in a while. Sad that it ran out of steam

regularjack 3y ago

It's a clickbaity headline. That's it.

nerdponx 3y ago

It's possible that the author treats "energy" and "electricity" as synonymous, either out of laziness or ineptitude. Seems more probable than a deliberate attempt to manipulate readers.