There have been some seriously tone deaf takes on Ukraine, and the resulting extra spike in gas prices, but, Kerry’s take is scorching
John Kerry: Ukraine crisis is bad, but ‘wait until you see’ flood of climate refugees
President Biden’s climate czar, John Kerry, said that while the Ukraine refugee crisis is a “problem” amid Russia’s invasion, it pales in comparison to the wave of migration that will come if climate change is not addressed.
Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, said during the annual CERAWeek conference in Houston Monday that the U.S. must not lose sight of its path toward clean energy now that the Russia-Ukraine war has accelerated the global energy crisis.
“We’re already seeing climate refugees around the world,” he said. “If you think migration has been a problem in Europe in the Syrian War or even from what we see now, wait until you see 100 million people for whom the entire food production capacity has collapsed.”
U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry: "We're already seeing climate refugees around the world. If you think migration has been a problem in Europe in the Syrian war … wait until you see 100 million people for whom the entire food production capacity has collapsed." #CERAWeek pic.twitter.com/JII1YOHWuR
— The Recount (@therecount) March 9, 2022
Who thinks John Kerry took the train down to Houston, where Ceraweek is being held this year? Or, did he fly on his private, fossil fueled jet?
Kerry said Monday that the goal of the Biden administration is to move toward “energy security” in a “clean energy-based economy.”
“We are driven not by politics, not by ideology,” he said. “We’re driven by mathematics and physics, by science, which tells us, and has been for 35 years or more, what will happen if we don’t do X, Y, and Z.
“And we have the advantage now of having Mother Nature herself share with us the realities of what happens if you don’t do the things that we’ve been talking about for 25, 30 years or more,” he added.
This is the guy who worked hard to block the Cape Wind project. Who has the aformentioned private jet, multiple fossil fueled vehicles and large homes. If this was all about science, not politics, then why are all the “solutions” the same as every other thing Leftists push, namely, more taxes/fees and more government?
