Former Secretary of State John Kerry was on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning testifying in front of the House Oversight Committee about the “threat” of climate change.
He presented the typical fearmongering argument about the world ending if we don’t do “something” to stop it and advocated for massive government intervention to “fix” the problem.
But during an exchange with Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, Kerry got tripped up on the facts about how much CO2 is really detrimental to the environment.
.@RepThomasMassie grills John Kerry on historic atmospheric CO2 levels at climate change hearing.
Kerry complains that it’s “just not a serious conversation.”
Massie: “Your testimony is not serious. When you can’t answer the question, that’s the best answer you got.” pic.twitter.com/Eyx5t59mOa
— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) April 9, 2019
Note how Kerry attempted to end the conversation by saying it wasn’t a “serious” conversation.
Massie simply pointed out CO2 levels were much higher before humans made their way onto the planet. A serious, relevant, historical scientific fact.
Then, Massie went after Kerry’s credentials on the issue.
Massie also questioned Kerry’s qualifications as a witness on climate science, nothing that he holds a BA in political science:
“So I think it is somewhat appropriate that someone with a pseudo science degree is here pushing pseudo science to this committee.” pic.twitter.com/1NrV5qK6W0
— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) April 9, 2019
The Green New Deal, which bans air travel, cows and requires the uprooting and remodeling of every building in America, has broad support on the left in Congress and on the 2020 presidential campaign trail.
Massie warned about the consequences of rapidly changing the economy through government force, which is what the Green New Deal would require.
Massie also responds to worst case “if the climate alarmists are wrong.”
Notes problems like energy cost hikes and “losing focus on real pollution and real problems that we have to solve” like storing nuclear waste.
Also adds he’s been living on 100% solar for over a decade. pic.twitter.com/27UVzFi88M
— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) April 9, 2019
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Where in the world did Kerry get the idea that scientists consider 350ppm CO2 dangerous?
To be fair, I have known people who had a solid understanding of technical issues without the degree. However, Al Gore and others like him are not among them. This is shown the constant claims of “consensus” supporting the claims of a pending climate change disaster. When I was in college, and I assume it is true now, consensus was important in the social sciences, such as political science. However, it has no place in real science. Remember when a 100 physicists signed a letter denouncing Einstein’s theory of relativity, he respond that if they were right, only a signal signature would matter.
This is the same idiot who said Air Conditioners were more dangerous then the terrorists do people real’y take this Nit-Wit seriously He is as rediculous as Al Gore and his silly poem and Bill Nye the Fake Science Guy
Isn’t it weird a discredited politician with a BA in poly science , another discredited politician with no science training , a family history of slave ownership and tobacco farming are the promoters of this massive overblown hoax .
Now we find out a “science ” magazine published literature pumping scary global warming they claimed to be peer reviewed when it actually wasn’t .
Lets not forget the climate models that were used to justify the hoax in the beginning have been proven to grossly overstate any warming , which has been modest at best .
Stop wasting limited resources on this con -game designed to fleece tax payers to fund a globalist agenda and reward rent seeking hypocrites .
Lurch needs to bugger off and enjoy his wife’s wealth .
Your first paragraph reminded me of Jimmy Carter.
If John Kerry had anyone who loved and cared about him, they would have given him the hook before he hollowed out.
Now Kerry as put his Political Science Degree to use as a Climatologist. Just because his degree contains the word “science” does make him an expert, but Kerry may argue that matter. I do believe he graduated from Al Gores, An Inconvenient Truth University.