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LARRY: HELLO, EVERYONE, WELCOME
TO "KUDLOW."
I’M LARRY KUDLOW.
SO THERE’S JOE BIDEN TELLING US
HOW WONDERFUL HIGH GAS PRICES
ARE.
WE’RE GOING THROUGH AN
INCREDIBLE TRANSITION AWAY FROM
FOSSIL FUEL HE SAYS.
GOD WILLING, WHEN IT’S OVER
WE’LL BE STRONGER AND THE WORLD
WILL BE STRONGER AND LESS
RELIANT ON FOSSIL FUELS WHEN
THIS IS OVER.
GOD WILLING, MR. PRESIDENT,
WE’LL STILL HAVE AN ECONOMY.
SKY-HIGH GASOLINE PRICES, DIESEL
PRICES, NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE
NOT THE ANSWER.
WE’LL NEVER GOING TO REPLACE
FOSSIL FUELS WHETHER YOU OR JOHN
KERRY UNDERSTAND THIS, ELECTRIC
CARS ARE GREAT, EVEN THOUGH YOU
WON’T INVITE ELON MUSK TO THE
WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE HE RUN AS
NON UNION SHOP.
NOW HE IS FOR FREE SPEECH, EVEN
WORSE WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN.
EVEN ELON CALLED FOR STEPPED UP
PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS.
THE ONLY THING MISSING FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S I LIKE GAS
PRICES SPEECH HE DIDN’T SAY IN
DAVOS WHERE ALL THE CLIMATE NUTS
ARE GATHERED TO SING PRAISES OF
FOSSIL-FREE WORLD AND TRASH
CAPITALISM LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO.
I’VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF THE
DAVOS MEETINGS, ONLY BECAUSE I
WAS FORCED AT GUNPOINT TOE
ACCOMPANY PRESIDENT TRUMP T WAS
NOT A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF
CEOS AND FELLOW TRAVELERS
EXTOLLING RADICAL GREEN
POLICIES, TRASHING FREE-MARKET
CAPITALISM, REALLY, TRULY,
CEOs DOING THIS.
PEOPLE YOU WOULD THINK WOULD
KNOW BETTER BUT THEY NO LONGER
KNOW BETTER.
THERE ISN’T A BLUE-COLLAR WITHIN
THREE CONTINENTS OF DAVOS.
THAT THERE IS THE PROBLEM.
PEOPLE THAT MIGHT DRIVE A SEMI,
OR A PICKUP, OR THEIR LIVELIHOOD
DEPENDS ON IT, THEY’RE DYING TO
HAVE 10-DOLLAR GAS OR DIESEL,
RIGHT?
TRAVELING SALESPEOPLE, COVER
LARGE SWATHS OF THE COUNTRY,
THEY’RE DYING TO HAVE 10-DOLLAR
GASOLINE.
HECK, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA WHO
CAN’T EVEN GET POWER,
AIR-CONDITIONING, HOME HEATING,
GASOLINE BECAUSE THEIR GOOFBALL
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS COMPLETELY
SHUT DOWN ACCESS TO FOSSIL FUELS
WHILE ONE STATE AWAY IN
PENNSYLVANIA THERE IS PROSPERITY
BECAUSE ACTUALLY A DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR YEARS AGO OPENED THE
DOOR TO DRILLING AND PIPELINING
FOSSIL FUELS FROM THE GREAT
MARCELLOUS SHALE.
BUT IN WESTERN NEW YORK THERE IS
NONE OF IT.
JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE
BORDER.
KIND OF REMINDS ME OF EAST AND
WEST BERLIN DURING THE OLD DAYS.
INSTEAD OF CREATING JOBS OR
REJUVENATING A LONG MORIBUND
PART OF NEW YORK STATE THE
LEFTIES RUNNING NEW YORK WOULD
MUCH RATHER IMPORT OIL AND GAS
PRO RUSSIA.
AT DAVOS MEANWHILE CLIMATE CZAR
JOHN KERRY TALKS ABOUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED FROM
DROUGHTS, FIRES, MUDSLIDES,
FLOODS, STORMS, BUT IN FACT THIS
IS NOT TRUE.
AS BJORN LOMBORG HAS WRITTEN
REPEATEDLY, DEATHS FROM CLIMATE
RELATED EVENTS HAVE BEEN
PLUNGING FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE 1920s
ALMOST HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
WERE KILLED BY CLIMATE RELATED
DISASTERS.
LAST YEAR LESS THAN 7,000.
CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS HAVE
KILLED 99% FEWER PEOPLE THAN 100
YEARS AGO.
WE ARE SAFER FROM CLIMATE
DISASTERS THAN EVER BEFORE, NO
MATTER WHAT CLIMATE CRAZED
ACTIVISTS OR THEIR MEDIA ALLIES
MAY TELL US.
THE OTHER NIGHT ON THIS SHOW
FORMER EPA DIRECTOR SCOTT PRUITT
WAS CRITICIZING THE EXTREMISTS
BIDEN VIEW OF CLIMATE.
ALL THIS BUSINESS OF DIRECT,
INDIRECT OR CUMULATIVE ENVIRO
METRICS ARE USELESS IN A WORLD
WHERE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES
CLIMATE BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
THE NAT-GAS REVOLUTION IS JUST
ONE EXAMPLE.
THE U.S. HAS THE LOWEST CARBON
EMISSIONS OF ANY OF THE BIG
COMPANIES.
MR. PRUITT MENTIONED THE
PROMISING ADVANCES IN CARBON
SEQUESTER AND STORAGE, SOMETHING
WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY AND WIDELY.
NOBODY CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE
BUT IN A PROSPEROUS WORLD WITH
TYPICAL AMERICAN WEALTH CREATION
WE WILL HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
DEVELOP THE KNOW-HOW BY SMART
ENTREPRENEURS TO MAKE AIR AND
WATER CLEANER AND CLEANER.
THAT IS OUR HISTORY.
WE DON’T NEED OUTRAGEOUS ENERGY
PRICES THAT WILL RATCHET UP
INFLATION AND CRASH THE ECONOMY,
DEVASTATING MIDDLE CLASS
BLUE-COLLAR AMERICAN WORKERS
ALONG THE WAY.
THERE IS NO REASON WHY FOSSIL
FUELS CAN’T EXIST WITH
RENEWABLES AND NUCLEAR IN THE
NEXT 100 YEARS.
WE USED TO CALL IT ALL THE ABOVE
BUT AS FAR AS MR. BIDEN AND
SO-CALLED QUOTE, INCREDIBLE
TRANSITION, END QUOTE, THAT IS A
BIT OF WOKE IDEALOGICAL ROOT
CANAL WITHOUT NOVOCAINE
INFLICTED ON THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY IN AN UNNECESSARY
STRATEGY.
THIS IS PART OF SOME PROGRESSIVE
DREAM BUT NEWT GINGRICH CALLS
BIG GOVERNMENT SOCIALISM.
IT’S A BAD DREAM.
IT’S A DREAM THAT MUST END.
WE WILL NOT RESTORE HIGH GROWTH
AND LOW INFLATION UNTIL WE RID
OURSELVES OF THIS NIGHTMARISH
PROGRESSIVE DREAM.
NEED I SAY IT AGAIN?