"They're grifting like you are, sir," Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry told John Kerry of the many world leaders behind the climate change agenda.
During a House subcommittee hearing on the Biden administration's climate change agenda on Thursday, Kerry was asked how much Co2 should be in the atmosphere.
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry couldn't answer that question.
Rep. Perry pressed him again in the heated exchange, asking for a specific Co2 level that should be attained. Kerry replied, "It changes every day, I can't tell you the exact amount."
In December 2022 Kerry told The Washington Post that we need to remove 1.6 trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through direct air capture, costing approximately $1.6 quadrillion.
Rep. Perry brought a different perspective, providing data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA that shows the temperature has gone down.
"You want to have the American taxpayers – my constituents – that are having a hard time affording their groceries, pay for a car, buy a new home, spend $1.6 quadrillion to fix a problem that doesn't exist, and as a matter of fact, you might be exacerbating," Perry remarked.
Plants depend on carbon dioxide to survive, and Perry explained that the low level of carbon in the atmosphere could ultimately destroy plant life. He added that when plants are killed, "we're done too."
Breaking:@RepScottPerry crushes @johnkerry on climate at today's House hearing:
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) July 13, 2023
- 'You want to spend $1.6 quadrillion on a problem that doesn't exist.'
- Climate scientists 'are grifting like you are.' pic.twitter.com/kaS6BKgu3h
Back in 1997, the Senate voted 95-0 (including Senators Kerry and Biden) in favor of the Byrd-Hagel Resolution, which determined that the U.S. shouldn't cut emissions until China Mexico, India, Brazil, South Korea, and other developing nations cut emissions as well.
Since the 1997 resolution, emissions from China, India, and Mexico have all increased, yet the White House is set on cutting U.S. emissions in half by 2030.
Is the endeavor feasible?
Take some of Kerry's previous statements, for example. He has said the U.S. and China going to zero emissions tomorrow won't solve the climate problem. He's even admitted that global net zero is not enough and Co2 must be removed from the atmosphere.
Despite Kerry's previous claims, even confessing that almost 90% of the planet's emissions come from outside the U.S., he upheld the Biden administration's climate agenda, saying we need to "tame the monster."
Tame the monster? It seems Kerry views the public as the monster; it may be the public's advantage to view the government as the monster worth taming.
Conveniently, Convention of States is a cause working to do just that. Through Article V, we can call a 50-state convention and fight to tame the ever-growing, Washington monster.
