Rick Perry , the head of the Department of Energy ( DoE ) , is very authentic when it descend to saying ludicrous things about scientific discipline . Today ’s example comes good manners of his response to protestors that gatecrashed his attending at the National Petroleum Council in Washington this week .
As he was sacrifice a speech , mood change counselor set about to shout and interrupt his pro - fossil fuel remarks . In reception , Perry said not only one , but two amazingly silly things .
“ This diligence is lead the world in affect the climate and dissemble the mood in a positive elbow room , ” he begin . “ I ’m proud to be a part of this industry . ”
Then , as if to double over - down on his alternative facts , he said : “ You need to talk about saving life story ? That ’s what we are doing . ”
Everything Perry claim is diametrically opposed to the true statement , which is a trouble when you ’re in commission of a major scientific Union office .
Firstly , you’re able to not bear on the mood in a cocksure or damaging way , because , well , the clime ’s gon na climate . It will hold on reacting to whatever we put into it , or take out of it , because that ’s just how the mood form .
To be fair , Perry was probably referring to the idea that human action is causing “ good ” climate modification . Sadly , asunder from a few in high spirits - line of latitude place amaze a little warmer and boosting the agrarian sphere , most of the world will suffer – particularly those along the coast and the Equator , and thepoorest people in society .
So no , fossil fuel are n’t doing something good . They ’re literally the problem .
Perry ’s comment about save lives is evenly loopy . Millions break every year from fogy fuel - linkedair pollution , and millions more die indirectly from mood change - driven phenomena , like droughts , hurricanes , wildfire , floods , and conflict .
Perry later made a reference to various African rural area ask access to vigour to save life – but in fact , it looks like plenty of them areskipping ember and oiland choosing renewables instead .
Do n’t forget , this is the same person who not only rejects mood alteration skill , but has alsosuggestedthat most of what we know about physics and chemistry is incorrect . He occasionally forgets both the name of the DoE and what itspurposeactually is .
take the position of award - winning and far-famed physicist , this curious member of theTrump administrationis embarrassingly unqualified . He ’s more like a flamingo on Venus than a fish out of water system .
[ H / T : Bloomberg ]
