Climate on the Joe Rogan Experience
10 fact-checked claims across 7 episodes · Sep 2018 to Nov 2024 · updated Jul 18, 2026
Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
Most claims
- Elon Musk (4)
- Tulsi Gabbard (1)
- Graham Hancock (1)
- Joe Rogan (1)
- Jordan Peterson (1)
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Logged claims
“No, it's not possible.”
Musk states flatly that a giant building-sized atmospheric carbon-capture filter is "not possible."
“She said the people that are coming in to this country, most of them it's because of climate change.”
AOC said that most people coming into the country are doing so because of climate change.
“Between 12,900 and 12,800 years ago, a very dramatic climate episode occurred and that's called the Younger Dryas. The world had been gradually warming up befo…”
Hancock states the Younger Dryas began 12,900 to 12,800 years ago with abrupt cooling and evidence of a six-meter sea level rise at that time.
“and meanwhile China is opening hundreds of new coal power plants. They're doubling down on coal”
China is building hundreds of new coal power plants.
“That was the big climate meeting in the UK just a few months ago. You know, the one where all the COVID rules were suspended so the important people”
Peterson claims that COVID rules were suspended at the COP26 climate summit in the UK so that attendees could meet.
“And then they approve 58 coal plants for the next, you know, every. They build a coal plant a week.”
Trump claims China approved 58 new coal plants and builds a coal plant every week.
“that animal agriculture is the number one contributor to global warming. Yeah, it's rubbish. It's not true. It's bullshit.”
Musk claims it is false that animal agriculture is the number one contributor to global warming and that eating less meat makes no measurable difference to climate change.
“I mean, I don't know any serious scientists, actually zero, literally zero, who don't think that we have quite a serious climate risk that we're facing.”
Musk asserts that literally zero serious scientists dispute that humanity faces a serious climate risk.
“Scientists tell us we have less than 12 years to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel or there will be irreparable damage.”
Sanders claims scientists say the world has less than 12 years to transform its energy system away from fossil fuels or face irreparable damage.
“if it was 100% electric, that's only about 100 million per year. So it would take, if you could snap your fingers and instantly turn all cars and trucks electr…”
Musk states that even with all new car production instantly switched to electric, it would take about 25 years to replace the global transport fleet.