'Which Nation Has Reduced CO2 Emissions By The Greatest Number Of Total Tons In The Last 15 Years?'

At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) grilled a Biden Administration nominee about CO2 emissions.
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[@themyronus]

Science has moved from intellectual pursuit to bracing stupidity

[@inspectorgeneral9175]

The only person making any political comments and stating things with a heavy political agenda is TED CRUZ!

[@Sugarsail1]

Oh it did that long ago. Dr. Oppenheimer and the entirety of the Manhattan Project scientists gave IKE a warning about science becoming dogmatic, political and revered as holy writ by the dumbed down masses back in 1947. See Dr. Lapp's book on the matter.

[@owenspears8662]

The witness only acknowledged the "complexities" of gender affirming care for very young child, refusing to state the obvious that of of course it is not settled science. Even she was in favor of it, she could have said that and still acknowledged that the science is far from settled. This indicates the extreme lockstep grip the LGBTQ community has over Democrat Party politics. On climate issue, when asked what country has reduced their greenhouse gas and Co2 emissions the most, the witness said, "that the US had been very good at reducing alot after a long time of being the greatest emitter." This historical blame argument is a strawman tactic that uses a false equivalency of hindsight to equate the modern, however limited, understanding of climate science to the myriad of scientifically accepted ideas of climate science throughout the past century or more. This is nonsense and illogical and literally parrots the propaganda out of CommunistChina. Last question, what is the reason for reduction. She is lying and she knows it. Ted Cruz is correct. Atleast 95%, but probably more, of the reductions are a direct result of LNG replacing coal primarily . The pie graph of energy production sources. From 15 years ago until now, The LNG pie slice got bigger by same amount that the Coal slice got smaller. Her answer was 3 reasons and they are all not correct. First that the reductions are primarily due to renewables [Solar and Wind increases] is empirically false. Those have increased from 2% to 5% of total energy production. Her second reason was that reductions come from energy efficiencies found in the grid. The various energy efficiencies found through high-powered transmission lines or grid upgrades account.0 05% of total reduced emissions at best. This is a rounding error in the scheme of total carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. And she saved her most retarded reason for last. That the emissions reductions are due to manufacturing shifts..?? Economic shifts?? Huh???? The economy and GDP and thus total energy use is almost 30% higher from 20 years ago which of course should mean that emissions should be shifting upward as well but they weren't; emissions have been reduced by almost 20% . The academic is buzzword nonsense word salad that this lady spews from her mouth shows that she is not only not an unbiased rational scientist, but also an affirmative action dolt.

[@jeffcampbell4866]

¹1¹11 you yup 56u k l

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Politicians and Activists have corrupted Science and the Scientists who face their wrath.

[@websterbrandcoaching9724]

For some reason, when the person being questioned begins their response with “thank you for that question…” they’re about to completely dodge it. Anyone else notice that?

[@dyates6380]

Notice it? Every bureaucrat and politician and potential candidate for anything has taken the course in the fine art of dodging questions.

[@timothyahernRoxyCat]

First woman to ever get a Dodge Ball scholarship ...

[@robertstutesman7764]

I noticed that she is apparently too smart for you to keep up with even when she is attempting to speak down to a group of people not at her intelligence. She answered the question. She said No, science is always looking for new things but it seems sometimes we have reached the conclusion. What you do reach though is concensus where most people educated on the subject agree. Like global warming. You will find the odd ball guy who says it doens't exist but consensus is and has been we are in trouble, just a question of speed and how much.

[@websterbrandcoaching9724]

@@robertstutesman7764 well, thank you for your blunt assessment of my mental capabilities. For starters, I was being facetious but possibly my dry wit is too fast for you. Cruz asked her a yes or no question, ‘Does she believe in settled science?’ I don’t claim to be a genius or smarter than most, but I do know enough to distill her answer down to a vague “no”. Can’t she simply just say “no”? But now I digress. All thanks and endless praise to this highly intellectual female who has graced us with her kindness to speak down to us lowly simpletons with her vast knowledge and lauded studies…in case your unsure, that’s another joke.

[@kennethcarroll5420]

ABSOLUTELY

[@mjef3695]

They lie saying “thank you for that question”. Really means “how the hell do I answer that question?”

[@tonyc.4528]

They want the printed record to show that they were polite, but didn't answer a single question while doing so.

[@Iceman-Iceman]

They do the Washington D.C two step by dancing around the question,but never answering questions that were asked by the Senators

[@g4l430]

Everyone knows that taking the time to thank someone is "taking the time"...

[@johnberger5539]

The political consultant who advised these DEM candidates to mouth the phrase, "Thank you for that question ...." should be immediately terminated, because the audience knows they are not thankful, making the first words from the candidate's mouth an obvious lie.

[@marktyrrell8892]

So true.

[@M0gM00gle]

When you hear a politician use the words: "I don't recall" "I don't remember" "I never read" They are using plausible deniability to deflect away legitimate criticisms and questions.

[@SiliconFlux]

You forgot my favorite "its a complex issue" even though it isnt.

[@dwb4462]

Nailed it

[@ErgoProxy12345]

and avoid lawsuits

[@RufusVonDufus2]

e.g. Biden's press secretary!

[@brianbarefoot6574]

It's like when Trump took the "5th" after saying anyone that takes the 5th is guilty?

[@benjaminwood6335]

“Senator, you’re talking about some issues that require a lot more thought” yeah they require thought and QUESTIONS. Without questions, our thoughts would amount to piss all

[@markjones8817]

It's people like her who refuse to give the obvious answer why people hate our government

[@brianbarefoot6574]

Exactly. The same reason Trump took the 5th after saying anyone that takes the 5th is guilty

[@razzor4708]

in time of desperation telling truth is considered as an extremism. 1984

[@youtubecommercialsareascam8495]

@@brianbarefoot6574 there's nothing we can do about that then and there's nothing we can do about this now! But you keep living in the past while the rest of us live in the present.

[@brianbarefoot6574]

@@youtubecommercialsareascam8495 Yes, and you can keep screaming lock her up.

[@peggychamberlain9515]

She is a freak!!

[@bobkost5731]

She stuck to the script and avoided his question and that's all that became of it

[@kkane64]

Seems to be all that ever comes of it!

[@tombarr949]

Seems like a contempt of congress. Send the FBI to her/his/their/it's/* house.

[@ralphholiman7401]

You wonder why they don't just send the script they were given. Wouldn't that save time?

[@joelm1955]

She knows how to talk around the questions. A true politician!

[@tonyc.4528]

Liberal....won't answer a direct question with a direct answer.

[@dedetudor.]

"That's an area that's very complex. It's one I would like to learn more about" Jeepers creepers. SHE'S A SCIENCE ADVISER? 😠 More like a 👹. She didn't know anything. What are we paying her for?🤦🤷 She didn't know sh@!

[@MrRobreg]

They always have those crazy eyes

[@philmckay9973]

Goal is to not give cancun cruz ammo…

[@dedetudor.]

@@philmckay9973 the goal is to lie. Subterfuge is punishable by death.

[@tommywallbanger]

My question is "Can't you be liberal and still look normal?"

[@faithful451]

ikr they (mostly) all have this wide eyed dreamy crazy look

[@bibo3373]

Excellent questions and commentary from Cruz.

[@kristineohms8365]

Thanks Ted....don't ever give up laying the truth out to tbem!

[@inspectorgeneral9175]

The only person making any political comments and stating things with a heavy political agenda is TED CRUZ!

[@andrewpinson1268]

I keep hearing about questions put to Biden's nominees that result in not answering, ridiculous answering, or just plain out lie in answer to them. Yet most of these nominees still are approved because the democrats have the majority and want ultra-liberal nominees who meet their agenda standards. This is very bad for out country in the long run.

[@philduvall4697]

• 💯% •

[@roberttucker4196]

Same sh*t in Canada Biden and Turdeau are on the same page which badly needs redacting.

[@ripvanrevs]

It's been very bad in the short run!!

[@JC-tq8gm]

You should have seen the judges that were seated right after FJB was "elected". What a joke that was.

[@kennethflores93]

Stupidity is the new religion

[@michellealexander-nolin154]

That woman should be fired! 🙌👼

[@aevangel1]

Out of a cannon.

[@davidcook680]

Actually executed

[@keithfreitas2983]

She got nominated because the Dumocrats have the majority.

[@donnaparrish7638]

It makes me physically ill when I hear yet another conversation about giving children drugs that will alter them not only sexually but emotionally. Why are we continuing to let this happen to children? We are all responsible!

[@santa_claus-north_pole]

Agreed, Donna. We have become an evil, banana republic. We got away from God, and did it all "our way" - and this happens. You clearly have a brain - great post.

[@jamesgoode2282]

@Donna Parrish -- We are NOT all responsible. For example, I am not responsible. A group of "experts" have taken it upon themselves to do what they want to do. They apparently hope to make children sterile to reduce the population. They apparently hope to make the U.S. so inept that they can take over and run the country as they wish, while benefiting from their new power. They seem to actually believe that, by tearing the country down, they'll be able to re-build it as they think it should be. And, somehow, they think that their re-build will be a utopian civilization.

[@philippebarillecavalier9275]

"Thank you for your question. It is a complex issue." I smell blood.

[@Mid.night1000rr]

They obviously know what they are doing is wrong when they refuse to answer questions that they know their answer looks bad.

[@inspectorgeneral9175]

The only person making any political comments and stating things with a heavy political agenda is TED CRUZ!

[@ImprovmanZero]

It is because the answer is a pretext the real goal is power

[@lizdanred3005]

Exactly! Wishy washy woman

[@ripvanrevs]

@@ImprovmanZero The real goal is to kill us off so there are more resources left for them.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

You are overlooking the fact that you can go to any major university and get a degree in political science. You are therefore overlooking the fact that to a democrat, politics IS SCIENCE and it is also their religion and government is their church.

[@joelcampbell1491]

Where did they come up with that freak show

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

I think they were like the herpes virus. They were laying dormant until Trump stressed the liberals out then they popped up all in our face. This is literally a circus. I don't see how these people are so educated.

[@chucksmalley3987]

Consensus is not science.

[@5353Jumper]

But a consensus of scientists is still something worth listening to.

[@chucksmalley3987]

@@5353Jumper Consensus is not science! Listen to that!

[@5353Jumper]

@chucksmalley3987 yes, but a consensus of scientists is a lot better advice than anyone else on the planet. A lot closer to truth than anyone else on the planet. And definitely more likely to be accurate than the "feelings" of any politician. And for sure more accurate than the financially motivated rhetoric of any politician or corporation.

[@dyates6380]

You know that when you're questioning a woman with bright blue "statement" glasses that scream "I'm not answering a damn question" you know you're in trouble. This government, 2022.

[@liberty-matrix]

"The essence of science is to question. And history is replete with all sorts of instances of 'scientific consensus' being categorically wrong. And the Mantra of settled science is often a mask for a political agenda to prevent scientists from asking questions that are inconsistent with the political agenda." ~Sen. Ted Cruz

[@steelcom5976]

And yet, Teddy believes in the absolute nonsense in the Bible. Explain that load of rubbish.

[@JC-ok4yx]

@@steelcom5976 At least he's open about his faith and open to dialogue and understand how science impacts people in an objective way. The modern Democrat party are no better than those who participated in the Salem Witch Trials, the Inquisition, or any other purge of non-believers. The only difference is they lie about their faith. I'd prefer someone who will tell you their bias.

[@GenXCoder]

@@steelcom5976 non sequitur

[@steelcom5976]

@@GenXCoder psittacus

[@trashbag4118]

@@steelcom5976 hebetudinous

[@ca47gib26]

"when science can not be questioned, then it has become propaganda" Aaron Rodgers

[@dalegehrking2862]

This woman (dare I say that?) is well practiced in double speak. She also has O interest in truth.

[@brianbarefoot6574]

@@dalegehrking2862 she should ask "Q". Q knows everything

[@secondchance6603]

"All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook." - Aldous Huxley

[@RisingTidesAC]

"Troy Aikman was way better than I was" Aaron Rodgers

[@steelcom5976]

@@secondchance6603 Actually Huxley was supporting science with that quote, not denigrating it.

[@leonardcollings7389]

It is insane that a child has to be 18-21 to purchase a gun but at age 16 can have their testicles or breasts removed.

[@stephanspell3969]

The only benefit I see is that these are the children of, and future LIBERAL DEMOCRATS.

[@jamesmorgan2064]

Or 8

[@santa_claus-north_pole]

Indeed, Leonard - and the DemoNcrats are now pushing for this [gender change] at age 3. Evil as Satan!

[@debrabertelli5076]

People that support this are depraved, evil, satanic

[@jayslt4223]

Actually you can't get a tattoo until you're 18 or buy a pack of cigarettes into your 21 but you can literally have your balls removed at age 12 without your parents consent in some cases

[@c.f.sedgwick1885]

Like him, don't like him, Senator Cruz always drives his questioning to the crux of the issues.

[@JC-ok4yx]

@@Lofi.z34 Action is the hard part anyway. He's get one vote. He gets to vote on committees. That's about it. Cruz has done action in the past to force issues and hold up votes to encourage debate on bills in the past and he got totally shredded by the media.

[@johannpopper1493]

Clever.

[@tommas2674]

WE have got to get out of our gov. the rich, "educated experts" at pocket lining and extortionist blm They do not deal or have to deal in reality...!

[@johannpopper1493]

@@tommas2674 If a small con job can prevent a big civil war by deescalating the emotions of unreasonable people, then I think even enraged conservatives have adequate patience and fortitude to take a little bullshit with their breakfast.

[@logansportpilotrp8174]

Yeah we need more people like him in our government.Help drain the swamp.

[@drezzy2392]

Good job teddy. 🧸 You get her. I am proud to have you in a position to where you demand truth and answers. And when you aren't being given it, you demand it, and if you are not provided it, you call them on it then and there. 👏

[@alastair4839]

"Reduced CO2 Emissions By The Greatest Number Of Total Tons" is a strange statistic to use... this could only be a statistic for high population countries like India, USA, China etc... Smaller countries may be far greener per-capita (or total percent decrease?) - I think per capita is the better measure (per person). So dived the total emissions by the number of people and then look at the reductions... then we can get a per-person CO2 usage in different coutries and see how each is doing and who is doing the best at reducing

[@grd4853]

You are totally right And you can easily find on internet that usa is the fourth more polluting country. And as a sentence directly from the source that senator is using, you Can search for it to get the full study and confirm usa is one of the most, if not the most shitty country in term of pollution : "The United States accounts for only about five percent of global population, but is responsible for 30 percent of global energy use and 28 percent of carbon emissions" It is fascinating for me how usa people are thinking they are always the best in everything... While SETTLED facts tell them they are the worse.

[@Poepopdestoep]

Yep, what he said does not mean anything in context. You only have to look at Norway for context.

[@trishmeshell8521]

Thank you Senator Cruz for exposing this nominee!

[@427luver]

The parents are sick in the head to even consider giving a child those changes

[@JoeL-sc4cy]

Right on! If a child wants these types of life long altering changes they can wait until they are adults. Kids/children are still mentally developing. My kids change their minds of what they want regularly throughout growing up. And for the senior science indicating it's not okay to ask questions is just plain nuts.

[@ShiftyKen08]

You'd be surprised how many parents are that sick in the head. Where do you think the child got the idea in the first place?...

[@timhantz9429]

It’s child abuse and a failure as a parent if you allow this crap to go on.

[@standupamerica5707]

A lot of the parents are STILL children that never grew up themselves in this dumb down generation. No joke. I see it every day. Of course that extensive damage as well, was also in the evil plans of the same hacks in power for YEARS!! Wipe out a generation and their off spring too and there is NO MORE COUNTRY!!! Exactly where the country is now!!

[@hirotakasugi4891]

The pubert blockers they use are also outlawed by the US and only used before this to chemically castrate felons…

[@mikeinfortcollinslynn7898]

Love ya Ted...stay on their butts and shine a light on their BS answers.

[@yvettehodge6294]

Government has NO RIGHT here. PERIOD.

[@biojoe8676]

Thanks again SENATOR Ted Cruz.

[@nancyruff721]

Senator Cruz is so intelligent and knows all the facts on scientific evidence to the so called climate problems ! Use natural gas to provide the US with energy!

[@inspectorgeneral9175]

The only person making any political comments and stating things with a heavy political agenda is TED CRUZ!

[@tonyc.4528]

Gotta drill for oil to make it feasible.

[@norman6694]

Cruz is a bum who ran out on his constituents

[@scout06171]

Yep, natural gas gives off a horrible byproduct called water vapor when it’s burned. The horror…

[@saintsone7877]

There are no facts based on scientific evidence to the so-called climate problems. All problems are based on assumptions and models which to date have never been shown to be correct as nothing predicted via the modelling used has occurred in the timeframe the modelling said would occur. Am over 70 and we were told the year 2000 was the tipping point to reduce carbon to prevent catastrophic consequences. In 2010 it was 2017. In 2020 it became 2030 and should I survive long enough I guarantee in 2030 they will say 2040 etc. The goalposts always change yet we get told the science is in, is irrefutable and 97% of scientists agree. NONE of those statements have anything to do with science. Science is always changing regards weather etc as we have 150 years of history out of 4+billion years. What we know is less than 0.01% yet scientists try to tell us they have enough info to be certain of x. ROFALMAO anyone intelligent buys this rubbish.

[@tacticalpants5186]

We can’t save the earth so we need to make as much money as we can before she shakes us off like fleas on a dog. Vote red.

[@tacticalpants5186]

@Chief Scalpalot man made or not the earth will become inhospitable to human life. This is why increasing corporate profits are a number one priority for the human race. Vote red.

[@RawOlympia]

indeed!!! the climate changer telling us we shall burn up unless we give them money is like the old church demanding fees to keep one from burning in hell. meow!

[@tacticalpants5186]

@Chief Scalpalot keep being focused on the important issues like loyalty to political parties and corporate profits. We owe it to our grandchildren…trust me…they will look back fondly on our inaction during the early stages of societal collapse. Vote red.

[@RawOlympia]

@Chief Scalpalot they go nuts when you tell them that Hitler was a socialist. And they will bring up the Constitution for defense when it suits them, otherwise, they just call it a piece of garbage written by white men. The so called trained Marxists have never really understood Marx, who starved his kids and hung out in cafes. It's low IQ stuff for a low IQ party. Sadly, these oppressed people are not too oppressed to have loads of sex an' babies.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

The Left Wing Climate Change Agenda is a Money and Power grab! If the Left is serious about Climate Change, how come they're flying all over the World every year to a new Country to discuss how to lower Co2 emissions?😅 How come the Elites still own Multiple Mansions, Yachts, Private Jets, Helicopters, SUVs, getting the picture??? If Climate is so important, how come they NEVER address the Garbage polluting our Oceans and Waterways, this is actually a real threat to Humans and All Marine Life! The Elites of the World will never give up their lavish lifestyles, they expect us too surrender ours so they can maintian theirs!! Climate Change is real, Naturally! Proof that we are at the end stage of an Ice Age, agrees Science! Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, Earth Quakes, Heat Waves, Floods, Mudslides, Landslides, Blizzards, Volcanic Eruptions, Droughts, Lightening Strikes, Forest Fires, Ice Caps Expanding, Ice Caps Receeding, Meteors, Asteroids, Solar Flares, Ice Ages and every other "Natural Occuring Event" has been going on long before Man and will continue long after Man is Gone!

[@mathman2170]

Yep, another professional liar -- disguised as a "scientist" -- sad state of affairs.

[@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer]

"ideology is the science of idiots" John Adams

[@anth5189]

These people make you sick. They sit there and won't answer questions, mostly because they know SFA about anything.

[@sferg9582]

Whenever these people being asked questions start out explaining their history of this that and the other, you KNOW they're going to give their political party's approved answer, and seldom if EVER is it going to be the appropriate or correct answer. Skirting the issues and deflecting is their modus operandi.

[@debbiefults3512]

Not complex- MALE AND FEMALE

[@RawOlympia]

even my pets know that!

[@stevendoty9408]

I always ask them, if there are more than 2, how many can you chose from when you opt for gender change surgery? 2!

[@cindiagarrett9451]

Get 'em, Ted! Sic 'em! Keep it going! We may not keep them from being confirmed, but you can sure expose their ignorance, ineptitude, and their unwillingness to give a straight answer.

[@dedetudor.]

I'm calling his office tomorrow and letting him know how proud we are of him. We all should.

[@wasupfool5692]

This woman is everything that's wrong with the world today.

[@carolelerman9686]

All these nominees have no idea of what the answers are.

[@mtmc823]

They do but just won't tell the truth!! They are all Anti-American it's a prerequisite to being nominated by Obiden OH!! and they must all lie and not answer any questions honestly. She nailed it as usual, just run out everyone's time .

[@ut000bs]

I wanted to add that the reason the US emissions are lower can be summed up in one word: fracking.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Amazes me that so many hate Cruz when in fact his knowledge of issues and presentation of same puts most to shame

[@Primus54]

Your statement explains the hate. The Left’s agenda only makes sense in a world that exists in fantasy, not reality. Senator Cruz will never, ever acknowledge the existence of that fantasyland therefore he must be hated.

[@caterinaml]

💕🇺🇸💕. Thank you Senator Cruz for setting the record straight! 💕🇺🇸💕

[@madrussian1339]

Thank you for the question. It’s a complex one and I’m too dumb to answer

[@tontogringo]

For the "woman" question. They've completely convoluted language so much that they now demand we call a woman by some other term (birthing person), because they've decided to redefine woman as something else.

[@ohasis8331]

I wonder if we could start to fix that by publically calling a woke person a fsckwitted human person at every opportunity?

[@bbayerit]

It amazes me that people who think this way are in administrative positions within our government. Not too long ago they would find themselves locked within the confines of a padded room. Have we run out of padding?!?!

[@fjbsdoa1976]

With this fjb scaministration yes we have run out

[@marylacapp7262]

How can people vote for politicians who then appoint these pathetic people. It's lunacy. The system has become a circus and we are 'represented' by clowns🤡. Thank you Senator Cruz for being with the people, fighting this madness. ❤from 🇦🇺

[@Mike-gt1cs]

Nope! biden's diapers are fluffy, padding - filled and soft.

[@hyzercreek]

Luckily, CO2 poses no problem for earth. None whatsoever.

[@nowell.428]

Oh, a critical thinker! Thank God

[@xltek1]

Without it, we’d die.

[@victorbernier4765]

@@xltek1 very true and scr needs to be eliminated it emits ammonia oxide.

[@SirSquidly1]

Thank you for that question, Senator. I am nominated for this position because I meet the quota to show change at this point in time. I will dodge any question of substance until I can achieve a book deal, and then I will blame others for any negative environmental changes that occur during my tenure.

[@ericlandry7890]

Go get em Teddy!

[@scout06171]

Why are we trying to reduce co2? Our crops, trees and all foliage would grow larger and faster if we increase the co2 ppm. The science is settled on that.

[@rodshoaf]

EXACTLY! Faster growing, healthier food, less fertilizer would be needed as well. The Socialist Greenies not only want less CO2 in the air but less fertilizer being used on crops.. meaning way less crops grown... why because they consider humans to be parasites on the planet and want the population to die of starvation until we get down to a population of about 1 billion.

[@jamesmoyes5685]

It’s all about control and money.

[@faithful451]

I'm against the ideological BS but I also call out logic failures when I see them. Climate and ecologies are complicated you cannot reduce an entire world's weather and nature systems down to "plants like CO2 therefore more CO2 good".

[@jamesmoyes5685]

@@faithful451 could not agree more.👍

[@scout06171]

@@faithful451 that’s true. But I’m not going to write a book as a comment to explain how increased levels of CO2 are beneficial to our climate.

[@70grade37]

Her glasses alone shed a lot of light on who she is.

[@andyjurkans7523]

I bet that mic needs wiping out when she,s finished talking.....

[@Stopinvadingmyhardware]

They skipped the theory and experiment phase of anthropological climate change. Mann PhD just went full video game mode.

[@Kelly-nd3cz]

BINGO! These ppl need to take an Oceanography Class I guess these num-nuts need to go back to college!”Oh wait we aren’t paying their tution🤣😂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏

[@plumberman4u]

My God. This Guy is AWESOME. He puts his point across perfect and won't pushed around to say the "politically correct" thing instead to go for straight facts. Just like Jordan Peterson. Love from Wales.

[@claudesmoot1880]

She is the result of Affirmative Action, vs hiring the most qualified human.

[@robertsimpson5136]

"The subject is too complex for me to answer your questions". She can't answer because if she says ONE wrong word......she'll be on the OUTS with the Dems.

[@bigbobw9253]

Someone should tell John (dork) Kerry. Does anyone really believe that China, India or other developing nations care. China starts construction of several new coal power plants each week. How many gas power automobiles do developing Nations add each year increasing emissions.

[@saintsone7877]

The Paris agreement allows China and India to increase their emissions 1500% and they currently produce just over 40% of all emissions. Now just assuming(and it is not correct) the West produces the remaining 60% just do some basic maths and you will see Paris actually allows for a massive RISE in carbon emissions whilst telling the world current emissions are far too high to prevent a global disaster regards climate etc. If that is true(and all thinking people know it is not) how can they in clear conscience applaud an agreement that will increase emissions by approximately 600%? Did they not tell us we must REDUCE emissions to have any chance of reversing the effects of Climate Change(a naturally occurring process)/Global Warming? Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will(because you cannot discredit statistics that scientists etc themselves produce) but seems the people we thought were attempting to reduce emissions are the very people INCREASING emissions with their treaties. Look at Kyoto 1/2 and every agreement up to and including Paris agreement. ALL have resulted in emissions rising at a faster rate than before them yet the Western world has been reducing its emissions for 40 years. Seems those criticising the Western world have an agenda against the Western world whilst not caring the rest of the world has more than doubled their emissions in the same time period. And they continue to demonise the Western World whilst allowing others to do the opposite. Even a fool by now can see we have been conned by these people. But of course no-one likes to admit they were fooled do they?

[@scotmandel6699]

@@saintsone7877 Trump was correct to leave that corrupt and useless whatever it also along with the worthless World Health Organization that should have seen the pandemic coming and what China did.

[@jimdandy9671]

I guess she has intentionally made the choice to present herself as a clownish person by wearing those glasses, an odd choice.

[@redelf1968]

This woman shouldn't be allowed to be in a position of influence.

[@greenweasl4387]

She doesn't appear to know anything! Why is she here?

[@rickrod784rodrigues3]

Ted, you couldn't be more accurate.

[@MikeHarrison3266]

I know little about the science so can I be enlightened please, how do you weigh gas that was not produced, how do we get a figure of all C02 in the atmosphere. Also why are we removing an essential gas the plants need to produce oxygen that we need.

[@IcybernateCaptCliff]

Do you know what would happen if they eliminated CO2? The world would starve to death - without CO2 every plant on the planet would die, they need CO2 to live, plus plants create Oxygen, so we would eventually die from lack of oxygen as well.

[@helpdeskjnp]

The best question is “is it settled science that Co2 causes the earth to warm up, and is it not the sun?”

[@rodshoaf]

The founder of Greenpeace has called the greenies flat out wrong. The guy who was the head weather reporter for the Weather Channel has done the same and he has shown proof numerous times but he just gets banned from youtube for not drinking the greenie koolaid. The Sun is THE major cause of climate change in the world and the greenies refuse to listen to the real science. After that the planet produces something like 95% of all the CO2 in the world.. I guess the greenies will have to cut down the amazon rainforest to limit the CO2 That survey that was sent out what 20 years ago that said that 97% of scientist agree about human caused global warming was bad.. that survey was faked.. Most did not reply at all and the majority of responders had no experience in weather patterns or anything weather related. The hockey stick graph itself they proudly use was faked because it was seeded with so much false info NASA and NOIA have changed the measured temps of the past to make it seem like it was colder 60, 70, 80 years ago. The hottest decade ever recorded in modern times was the 1930s.. hell one day in the 30s over most the nation the temps were over 100 degrees. We have never had a day that hot before or since! Weather reports now make false claims that the planet is warming up.. its not.. it's been cooling off since 2000 or so. (which is why they now call it climate change and not global warming) I live in central Ohio.. we have not had a 100 degree day in over the last 20 years.. The last time I can remember a day over 100 was in 1988 or 89. I can remember it quite easily since I worked in a fiberglass factory and it was 102 outside and 152 where I worked. (I would drink about 2 or 3 gallons of water over a 10 hour shift and would still be dehydrated) Growing up in the 60s and 70s we had much hotter summers and also colder winters. I remember in the early/mid 70's we had temps over 100 for something like 30 days straight.. we haven't had that since. (And unfortunately I never lived with AC until I was in my 20s.) Good lord it was hot! But at least I guess I can say now I prefer it hot and humid to cold and dry so it wasn't all bad! lol

[@winstonsmith935]

Totally wrong. The UN and the IPCC has now declared Water Vapour is, it’s 70% by volume in the atmosphere, CO2 is 4%. You want proof, why have their been floods all over the world? Look up those clouds you see is Water Vapour, aka rain. So if the UN and the IPCC have change their views the Science is not settled, or can only the UN change its views?

[@optimusprimer4392]

Absolutely disgusting how does this even happen

[@lukelucy1980]

What is the purpose of Britney Lewis? I don't need her Pre comments. Please pay your grandkids to do something else.

[@debbiejoseph7532]

All B S

[@svtcontour]

OMG the level of crazy look in her face is off the charts

[@frenchbulldogdad1003]

The "HEY LOOK AT ME" glasses and her wooden teeth are the sprinkles on top! 😏

[@lisatierney2688]

Should never be unacceptable to ask questions 🤔

[@DonaldKHoaty]

We must have deep respect for everyone involved, except for those who question what we're doing or disagree with us.

[@decuevas244]

Disliked this new psy op.

[@sandrachank6982]

Cruz.....master at his craft.

[@willisandrews1]

Science is history now. Ted exposed that so eloquently.

[@hawlikd]

Of course she avoids answering the question!

[@willowwillowy3635]

When the climate hustlers start selling their beach front property I'll stop to check it out. But until then it looks like the same money grab it has always been.

[@scotmandel6699]

and sell their private jets, yachts and mega-mansions.

[@MrJohnnyboyrebel]

Here is a question: At what concentration level of CO2 will plant life begin to die? It is important to know the tipping point.

[@philcaprino]

Yes thats a good one. We are still a bit low at 400 PPM. Actually before the Industrial Revolution and ted to pump CO2 in that atmosphere we were b below 200PPM and that is almost too low for plant life

[@stevehewitt1151]

I believe plants start dying below 150 ppm and we were down to about 180 ppm before the industrial revolution kicked in. Thank God for coal - the saviour of life on earth!

[@nebojsa1976]

Oh my God, these Democrats look sooooo weird. Are they aliens?

[@RawOlympia]

just super degenerate devil worshippers

[@peggychamberlain9515]

They seem to be a bunch of freaks!!

[@louisbrown4620]

Yes

[@L.Scott_Music]

The simple fact of the situation is that without politics science doesn't have shelter or food to eat. THAT is where we need to target change for improvement.

[@awalk5177]

When we talk about renewable energy, natural gas, coal and oil were all stored away many, many, centuries ago by the expiration of organisms that were previously life on this planet. For organisms to grow on this planet, the process of photosynthesis needs CO2 and levels of 400 parts per million as they are now, are quite low. My point is that the discussion is really about the timeline that we are releasing these fossil fuels, and over that time of storage, the planet has done quite well without human intervention. Volcanoes are sending more gases into the atmosphere than arrogant humans, we are irrelevant, and to think humans can control this planet is political and insanity.

[@horseman1968]

She avoids questions like the press secretary...but without the outright lies.

[@moniquemonique6074]

Sen. Ted Cruz, please always be in a position to be able to speak for us, who do not have a voice to air our concerns. More power. God be with you & bless you always.

[@fairgorn]

I would rather have questions I cannot answer, than answers I cannot question.

[@robertlavrakas7442]

It is the biggest slap in the face to God to say to him that he did not "create male and female"

[@czgunner]

Potato keeps reaching deeper into the bag of crazy to find these nominees.

[@terryprewitt4626]

When you let a party say they won when everybody know they didn't why you surprised when they try to rewrite everything else.

[@tonyc.4528]

Well, the US doesn't make anything much anymore, manufacturers can't afford electricity here. What they do make can't compete with foreign markets (China) because of those costs. Power is ridiculously costly in my state, strangely (sarc) we don't produce much or have many jobs available. Thank the Gods that we keep carbon low so China can provide.

[@j3nnpi3tr]

Being respectful sounds an awful lot like feelings

[@michaelbrown4123]

Let's see how do I answer these questions without telling the American people the truth.

[@robbie-annwhite5356]

SHE IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT SCIENCE AND I DON'T HAVE A PHD IN SCIENCE AND I KNOW YOU DON'T ALLOW CHILDREN TO MAKE IRREVERSIBLE DECISIONS BEFORE TOTALLY ADULTHOOD.

[@RawOlympia]

they want to murder our future, take away DNA, make them unable to carry children

[@Lee-xt1il]

They will never answer a question if it dosent suit them .

[@mexicanprivilege7848]

She is a doctor? Are you allowed to ask questions? And she can’t even answer. That’s unbelievable.

[@janlindsey8718]

Gotta love this educated, intelligent bulldog. Keep it up, Senator Cruz!

[@denniscartter6029]

Ted Cruz is like a one Man Show he knows everything that's going on in his country an is always right on what ever problem he's facing the guy doesn't sleep much the other day he was Down at the Broder at 3 am snooping around with Border patrol What a Guy Mr Ted

[@martin5504]

Such dishonesty from this woman, unbelievable.

[@dennisgray7509]

These people that won’t answer questions should go straight to prison!!!

[@stonepasta5296]

Don't you think "ah sh*t, here we go again" when they say "thank you for your question"?

[@soonersciencenerd383]

natural gas is natural, burns cleanly. diesel is next, with water is the exhaust emission. oklahoma is the largest producer of coal, NG, and petroleum products, enough to sustain all of oklahoma, even america for several lifetimes, without importing anything- unlike what the media say.

[@casasgonzalez6534]

HOW DOES A WOMAN MORPH INTO THIS? WOWSER!!!

[@mervilan1]

Impressed with Sen Cruz ... very articulate, and very bright!

[@janetrogers4738]

Wow. Can't answer a question directly

[@tomdarco2223]

Right On

[@cpmow831]

Love this guy