THANK YOU, AINSLEY.
MEANWHILE MORE WITH HER IN A
LITTLE BIT.
MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAS VOWED TO CUT DOWN ON
CAR DONE EMISSIONS MAY WANT TO
START WITH HIS OWN CLIMATE CZAR
JOHN KERRY.
KERRY’S PRIVATE JET RAKED IN
FREQUENT FLIER MILES INCLUDING
2019 TRIP TO ICELAND AND HERE’S
THE FUNNY PART.
HE WENT TO ICELAND TO ACCEPT AN
AWARD FOR CLIMATE LEADERSHIP.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE HYPOCRISY
AT THE TIME, BACK IN TO 19,
HERE’S HOW MR. KERRY RESPONDED.
>> IT’S THE ONLY CHOICE FOR
SOMEBODY LIKE ME, THE TIME IT
TAKES ME TO GET SOMEWHERE, I
CAN’T SAIL ACROSS THE OCEAN, I
HAVE TO FLY TO MEET WITH PEOPLE
AND GET THINGS DONE.
BUT WHAT I’M DOING ALMOST FULL
TIME IS WORKING TO WIN THE
BATTLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE PUT ON THE
DEFENSIVE.
STEVE: OF COURSE NOT.
JOINING US NOW TO REACT IS THE
PRESIDENT OF COHEN HAGIN
CONSENSUS AND THE AUTHOR OF THAT
BOOK FALSE ALARM BJORN LOMB
BORG. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> HI, STEVE HE IS ASKING US TO
DO WHAT HE WILL NOT DO.
>> IN SOME WAY, STEVE, I THINK
YOU COULD SAY THAT KERRY IS
SHOWING US HOW HARD IT ACTUALLY
IS TO CUT OUR EMISSIONS AND HE
IS LEADING THE WAY.
STEVE: EXACTLY.
>> NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO GIVE
UP THEIR CAR OR THE ABILITY TO
HEAT OR COOL THEIR HOME OR FLY.
MOST PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKE THESE
THINGS.
AND THAT’S WHY, YOU KNOW, LOTS
OF PEOPLE MAKE THESE PROMISES BUT THE ACTUAL IMPACT IS GOING
BUT THE ACTUAL IMPACT IS GOING
TO BE A LOT LESS.
STEVE: WE LOVE THE IDEA OF GREEN
ENERGY BUT AT THIS POINT FOSSIL
FUELS ARE SO MUCH MORE
ECONOMICAL, YOU KNOW, YOU GET AN
ELECTRIC CAR, YOU PLUG IT IN.
THE ELECTRICITY COMES FROM A
COAL PLANT.
>> THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF
CONCERNS ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS.
AND THEY ONLY CUT A LITTLE BIT
OF EMISSIONS RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE, AS YOU SAY, WE GET A
LOT OF OUR POWER FROM COAL.
BUT THE RELATES IS ALSO MOST OF
THE CHOICES THAT WE CAN MAKE
ACTUALLY HAVE VERY, VERY SMALL
IMPACT.
SO, IMAGINE IF EVERYONE WHO USED
TO FLY, BACK IN 2019, WHEN THAT
WAS STILL A THING, IS EVERYONE
IN THE WORLD WHO USED TO FLY
STOPPED FLYING FOR THE REST OF
THE CENTURY, THE IMPACT WOULD BE
MINUSCULE.
WE WOULD ONLY LOWER TEMPERATURES
AT THE END OF THE CENTURY BY
0.05-DEGREE FAHRENHEIT.
LIKEWISE, WHEN PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CUTTING CARBON
EMISSIONS WITH ELECTRIC CARS.
EVEN IF YOU GOT ALL THE WAY TO
130 MILLION CARS, WHICH WAS WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY HOPES
THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY HOPES
FOR IN 2000 0, 2030 IT WOULD ONL
0.4% EMISSION.
HARD TO CUT.
WHEN YOU TRY TO DO IT, IT’S NOT
GOING TO MATTER VERY MUCH.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT PERSONAL
PEOPLE MAKING PROMISES TO, YOU
KNOW, GO TO AN ELECTRIC CAR OR A
STOP FLYING.
IT IS ABOUT INNOVATION.
>> IT IS ABOUT INNOVATION.
AND SCIENCE WISE, WE ARE JUST
NOT THERE YET.
>> NO.
AND, LOOK, WHAT WE REALLY NEED
TO DO, AND BIDEN IS TALKING
ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
IS HE GOING TO SPEND
$500 BILLION A YEAR ON CLIMATE?
BUT SOME OF IT IS ACTUALLY
REALLY REALLY WELL-SPENT MONEY.
IT IS ON INNOVATION.
IF WE SPEND MONEY ON GETTING
SMARTER, BETTER TECHNOLOGIES
THAT CAN ALSO GET WITH LESSER
MAYBE ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY
MID CENTURY, EVERYONE WOULD WIN.
BECAUSE WE GET CHEAPER
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT CLIMATE, AND
ALSO REMEMBER, MOST PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD STILL WANT TO
GET ON AN AIRPLANE FOR THE FIRST
TIME FOR INSTANCE INDIA
1.4 BILLION PEOPLE.
ONLY% HAVE EVER FLOWN.
STEVE: GREAT POINT.