'Y'all Want To Talk About The Problem But You Never Want To Answer': Kennedy Gets Testy With Witness

At today's Senate Budget Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned witnesses about their dream climate change policies.
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[@Glock_Lesn4r]

Why is it so hard to fire people who won't do their jobs?

[@tommylookup]

Civil service protections. It's a joke.

[@johnnysneed4173]

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB EITHER! THIS SORT OF THING MUST BE FIXED!

[@LG-dj9qr]

@@billnyethesciencedenier1516what utter nonsense! Affirmative Action!!!

[@CRAIGC55]

They grab any body with a degree who's willing to compromise their morals for a few dollars. That way when you disagree with a stance people can say : "oh yeah well where's your degree at".

[@theamericandream70]

My thoughts exactly...

[@musicteacher5757]

1. "Never let a crisis go to waste". 2. Maintain the useful crisis as long as possible. 3. If there's no useful crisis, create one. 4. Shhhh! Prevent victims from recovering. 5. ALWAYS BLAME CONSERVATIVES. 6. Logic and facts are not required.

[@JeromeGardiner]

add to that this mantra: 1.b "Where there is chaos there is cash." that fits with your #1, Never let a crisis go to waste. #2B If enough people lie long enough about a particular issue, you can move people to give some credence to your out right lies.

[@sandrahamilton-kb1yu]

You said a mouthful for sure!!

[@philipprice171]

I would add....... keep the population in a state of anxiety by reinforcing thr 'crisis' with constant announcements, visuals and urging them to be intolerant of those who question the fear narrative and the solutions offered ( which invariably involve loss of freedom and fundamental rights and a huge shift of power and wealth to the perpetrators). Sounds familiar?

[@user-cl5co8kl1z]

We already have this guy Kennedy is talking with. He’s in the White House! No! This guy must not be elected to anything. Not even dog catcher!!

[@user-cl5co8kl1z]

I Love Kennedy!!! I love it when he jumps all over these Know It All people he interviews and they don’t answer his questions he tells the interviewed just what to do, where to go and how fast! Love Senator Kennedy. Acts like a good ole boy but SMART!!!

[@teamdawson1]

Calling the people “Professor” and “Doctor” is like calling a woodpecker a carpenter.

[@tracey6768]

😂😂😂

[@Dan.50]

Our "ELECTED" officials are allowed to ask "tough questions" but that's the extent. When do the criminals that we have on the peoples payroll start going to jail??

[@kentschrader3900]

It will only happen once we vote OUT the criminals that still govern this place. If we don't do that, we are surely doomed.

[@jphilli7929]

Agree'd

[@uncommonsense8693]

When you stop using your first amendment and start using your second amendment.

[@garyseven5791]

My friend, that's why elections are so damn important.

[@davidmcclure7052]

God save America from this administration. The worse time in my 50 years.

[@AntoinettePalermo-xs6it]

GOD save Us from Lawyers

[@phobicismist5858]

And my nearly 70.

[@josephhartman8073]

Wow, I wonder how the world could run all these years without the PHD'S. Must be a Captain at the wheel somewhere they don't know about, or want to know about ! ! !

[@JaelDavie]

Last 7 yrs but yes this one is reckless

[@phobicismist5858]

@@JaelDavie 3 years, nice try.

[@flynbrian529]

the one guy is right , IT WILL COST US OUR COUNTRY ...plain and simple

[@TheLesiu245]

that's just soundbite

[@justachipn3039]

👍👍

[@lindabradford9591]

Yep I heard that too and that's pretty damn scary!

[@ECP-xu5vj]

ok let's do nothing then. is that your solution banjo player kennedy.?

[@ECP-xu5vj]

no according to the jambalaya sippin senator nobody in the panel isw giving him an estimate. Estimates were given but he refuses to consider them. He came in the session expecting and believing that the witnesses will not give him an estimate. How can you give an estimate for 25 years? the cambridge guy said technology moves t different rates. Does he understand that? was that discussed in gator school?

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaafafaff]

It does not matter if America had 0% carbon emissions, unless China and other countries do the same, it is pointless to put ourselves at at a disadvantage to these other countries...

[@alanstack338]

This is the truth we do everything and China does nothing and gets rich of the US

[@holycrap0866]

That’s the plan.

[@luniz3429]

China Releases more carbon emissions than anyone in the world, They waste so much too. 20x More than America

[@georgiedawson2259]

But what if the world is really ending? Would it matter

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaafafaff]

it only matters if the majority of contributors stop as well. I would say it puts us as a military and economic disadvantage to those who don't opt out.@@georgiedawson2259

[@thomashill2965]

Always keep in mind that these "doctors", "professors", "experts" and "authorities" will always have all the food, heat, money, comfort, security and privilege they will ever need while you are freezing and starving in a dark house---or maybe even in your car---if you're still lucky enough to have even that when they are done saving the world from you, and you from yourself.

[@isaidwtfover]

Nailed it.

[@jamesteegardner2273]

Rules for thee, not for me! That's them. That's ALWAYS been them! And it will ALWAYS be them! The way these idiotic politicians acted during their covid lockdowns proved this. If people still don't see it, then they're actively choosing not to see! Their behavior during their lockdowns showed US that they think, or rather they KNOW that their own rules that they're demanding WE either adhere to, or be forcefully arrested, have OUR life savings taken, and be fired from OUR jobs do not apply to THEM!

[@lorierickson3654]

As long as they toe the line. If they don't the fbi is at their homes for some reason

[@Alexis-uh7yz]

Prove that climate change isn’t happening - let’s flip the script - give us a comprehensive report that scientifically disproves climate shift. Seriously. I’m open to finding out the truth - now spell it out for me…

[@user-wu6de7yv1b]

This is another ridiculous conversation 🔥🇺🇸🔥Put your hand in my wallet

[@MyVisualRomance]

Note to self: Do not send the kids to Cambridge for college.

[@cindy2252]

Add that to the ever-growing list.

[@mikewilliams2072]

Yes, this what you will get back, and you will still have to feed and cloth them when they come back!!

[@leehensley5019]

Indeed, there is always community college.

[@Hoghaw]

The ELEPHANT in the room that everyone is overlooking is that, unlike China and other “developing nations” (China has the oldest DOCUMENTED nation in HISTORY), the United States is NOT building new Fossil Fueled power plants. For 41 years I worked in the Electric Production side of a Louisiana Electric Power Corporation, and within the year, one of the largest units we have came online in 1975. These units were designed to last about 30 years. It is 48 years old right now. America’s power grid capacity is older than it has ever been. There aren’t enough unused open spaces to install enough solar panels, nor are there enough places in Louisiana with consistent wind speeds to power wind turbines to sustain the load on the electric grid, just in Louisiana, and the same is true for the vast majority of the states in America. No wind = No electricity from a wind turbine. The open areas are currently being used for such “whimsical activities” such as agriculture, grazing land for livestock, you know, places for FOOD PRODUCTION. Environmental nutcases don’t seem to care about things like that. They would have us clear-cut vast areas of forest land for solar panel installation, though they forget that trees use Carbon Dioxide to produce a silly gas that intelligent people call Oxygen, also conveniently overlooking the fact that we need lumber to build houses in which to live. Investors are NOT going to tie up their money in the development of NEW Fossil Fueled Power Plants because of the FACT that Left Wing politicians won’t allow them to run in the very near future. It is VERY possible that there isn’t enough time to replace the AGING Fossil Fueled Power Plants with new Fossil Fueled Boilers along with new steam turbines, generators and all the necessary equipment to support each unit before Electric Power Companies will be forced to ration electricity, simply because the demand is quickly growing much faster than the ability to supply electricity 24/7/365. You can bury your head in the sand, but I’m telling you the Truth and FACTS ARE KRYPTONITE TO THE LEFT!

[@cb145]

Well said

[@user-nc8lk2lg8b]

Well said

[@marieeller2168]

😊

[@markmiller8903]

We need to ban EVS. The grid won't support them.

[@mikes.1882]

Nuke Energy is now clean energy. Self contained reactors are already on the assembly line. Think about it. Small nuke in a car to drive the electric motor. How about an oscillating flywheel to propell the car. Come on people. We don't need to lose rights or our nation to be Great. We just need to do.

[@aeneis116]

These guys havent come up with any new ideas than those whoch I was taught in middle school in 1992. Way to go guys.

[@jasoncox9883]

God bless this guy. He has his head on straight.

[@rickardee8539]

These fools are dangerous!

[@Mike-or3ry]

YES. Alex Epstein 's "FOSSIL FUTURE" on sale now.The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. HUMAN FLOURISHING

[@bluenoteone]

The one fellow said the truth: "IT WOULD COST US OUR COUNTRY"

[@Leo-vc6rx]

The guy saying ‘it would cost our country’ was partially correct. If the nations ( individually and collectively) don’t start NOW it will cost the world. Our children and grandchildren their health and wellbeing. We will reach a point of no return or at best limited return.

[@mikeboston5800]

by their estimations it was already suposed to be today the point of no return, and yet it hasnt. I am not saying we dont have a problem, but not to this extend as they exagerate it so that they can implement these new laws that benifit the interests of certain people. When asked about what percentage of our atmosphere represents the CO2 total, in front of congress, they said that they dont know, they will have to come back with a answer, and at the end they made them take a wild guess,5 of them if i remember correctly. All of their guesses ranged from 6 to 8 percent. that moment was really truthtelling about how litle they know about climate change and its effects on the planet, wich lately has been shown that the 0.01 percent elevation (from 0.03 pre 1950 to now 0.04) has insured that certains parts of Sahara desert is starting to become green, wich is observed from our satelite images, and ifthe percentege god fronids comes down to 0.02 all the plants around the worlds would die, trough out the history of humanity we observe that everytime temperatures rise, our civilisation does too at the same time, and everytime it goes down and its cold, it brings death, famine, no innovation, and pandemics. sorry for my english, i had to edit some of my grammar mistakes@@Leo-vc6rx

[@andreaso8886]

@@mikeboston5800 the point of no return was about 11 years ago. It is already passed. All the talking now is useless. If we acted 20 years ago, we'd have a chance to save ourselves but now...? No, it's over. We can prolong our suffering but we cannot stop the outcome anymore. We have killed our enviroment and we'll die sooner than later. And I'm saying this as a scientist. All this talk that photovoltaic and windpower will save us is utter bullshit. And the same goes for coal and nuclear power. Nothing will save us anymore. It's not that the house is burning, it has already burnt down. We are just discussing how to divide the ashes

[@fedge1968]

Except global warming isn't a concern. And a 200 billion seems like a lot!

[@GrimpleGromble]

@@Leo-vc6rxthat’s what the climate alarmists think yes.

[@jasoncessna2522]

I AM SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE!!!!!!

[@mikewarbin5776]

How can you not love Mr. Kennedy. Thank you !!@!

[@ChazWalkerWonders]

"I'm personally not in favor of nuclear." Translation: "I'm not even kind of serious about reducing carbon emissions."

[@gordordf1091]

Exactly!

[@MrGotIt88]

He is my idol. Most underrated senator of the bunch

[@stevenhanson6057]

The greatest question and answer hash -out of all time! When the Honorable Senator said, “of course it’s complicated. That’s why you’re here.” I about lost my mind.

[@josestracke5317]

Good to hear the hard questions being asked. Didn’t expect any real answers 😢

[@conservativemike3768]

As an engineer and ACTUAL scientist that isn’t bribed, Im qualified to state that this “carbon thing” has only ever been a huge idiotic scam.

[@markmiller8903]

Huge scam and waste of money on EVS and other green energy.

[@CryptoSurfer]

Yep

[@conservativemike3768]

@@markmiller8903 / My old Lincoln Town Car agrees, and after 20 yrs it’s barely even “broken in.” In comparison an EV is a total toxic write off after 5 yrs.

[@conservativemike3768]

@@paulieheath I live on a forested mountain, so if you can wait a sec I’ll go outside and ask them.

[@rationalconservative386]

Same....I have a B.S. in Chemistry and I concur. This is all absolute nonsense. The "scientists" screaming, "end of the world" over climate alarmism, are receiving money from governments. They tell them what they want to hear.

[@rixxroxxk1620]

These people are frightening because of their “rules”. They’ve no idea how much comes from fossil fuels. If they are serious about it, take away everything they own made of petroleum.

[@u686st7]

What will they drive their electric cars on? Where do they think asphalt comes from?

[@aprilboneski4639]

If half the nation believes this is possible, they should volunteer and give up all fossil fuels. When the rest of us see how good it is for them, we will want to join them.

[@pagemcgilvray3742]

@@u686st7 The heavier electric cars will break down the roads even quicker and cause more asphalt to be used.

[@stephenholmes1036]

This man should be president

[@hblee88]

God bless Senator Kennedy. You express our deepest thoughts & concerns. You intestinal fortitude to seek truth inspires us all. 🙏🏼💕👍

[@PaddyMcCarthy2.1]

I love the way Sen.Kennedy starts out, using the platonic method, acting like a fool, and he has all these experts in front of him and not one of them can answer his simple question. This is his genius. And then the expert says "It's difficult" to answer. To which Sen. Kennedy answer "Of course its difficult, that's why y'all here!" Priceless.

[@jarimaki-runsas4861]

Kennedy is fool.

[@polina_piter]

Cap and Trade is the biggest boondoggle developed in this century

[@mjohnson8540]

More regulation

[@kathleenmaggi858]

Senator Kennedy Thank you for being a voice for the people!! 🇺🇸😇🙏

[@Andy-qu7qw]

The shame of this is that none of it matters. No matter how ridiculous these people are made to look they have the political clout to force these things upon us. How many times has Senator Kennedy made cabinet members and "experts" look like bumbling idiots and then nothing comes of it. There is no accountability.

[@charvankerck9617]

it is because dems have majority.

[@ronjon5241]

FRIGGING RIGHT. Senator Kennedy.!!!

[@user-rf4lc3vt7o]

Kennedy is awesome!

[@ECP-xu5vj]

as awesome as a dueling banjo

[@pagemcgilvray3742]

@@ECP-xu5vj Is that what the background music is when you play Ned Beaty, and your two friends play the mountain men when you all reenact the scene playing Cornhole???🤣🤣🤣

[@lesliebednar5426]

How genius? They have all these dreamy ideas but how do people live in the carbon free world? No actual steps… “work with” means you have no idea!

[@julie.1081]

There isn't many liberals out there who can grow their own food, bank a fire, make their own fabric (& forget about knowing how to sew them!) or even generally know how to survive. Seems like all they want to do is spout nonsense w/o having any solutions that'll even work!

[@mikewilliams2072]

Let's see how this works, you can't use wood because we depleted all our forest for solar farms and wind mills can't use concrete because the process to create it releases to much carbon, can't grow food because we used up all the agricultural land for the solar farms, can't raise cattle because we don't have the land to graze them, can't have cotton clothing nowhere to grow cotton, can't have synthetic clothing because it uses petroleum to manufacture, can't have shoes no leather or synthetics and I could go on for days but they PHDs have got it all figured out just listen to one!!!!

[@mikewilliams2072]

Do you think any of the PHDs have ever thought about any of this?!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Zeppy007]

His smackdowns are legendary

[@bobbywelch1851]

These people are nuts 😡

[@dirkevans3443]

I asked myself, “Why isn’t this guy POTUS?” Then I answered myself “He’s too smart for that!”

[@LG-dj9qr]

The world is coming to the end! Oops let’s count our pennies. Oh we better not be. The billionaires are hurting.

[@jarimaki-runsas4861]

He is too fool for that.

[@randywl8925]

No, he can do more good when he continues doing stuff like this. Presidents don't have time for this.

[@GenerousJohn]

Agreed! I think?@@jarimaki-runsas4861

[@leehensley5019]

Yeah no doubt if there is anything this country needs at this time is more US Senators sitting on their arses in DC summoning experts and playing Ima the king maker that is gonna make you king for a day games like Kennedy, amiright? No doubt at all. That is what we need more of.

[@mikemontgomery2654]

That’s how you deal with self-flagellating idiots like these. I’m tired of being dragged through the mud by people like this, all for daring to question their motives and figures.

[@Lorna-qb8ti]

God bless you.

[@marks.4388]

I love this guy! Kennedy rocks

[@user-kc6tm2fl1h]

"Is that a yearly figure?" These people have no idea what fake number they're supposed to give lol

[@dinkywinky2860]

Honestly I think he was asking that because even he was thinking that that was an insanely low number for 25 years of infrastructure rebuilding. He said is that a yearly figure because it actually makes sense as a yearly figure. There's no fucking way it would cost a few hundred billion dollars to rebuild most of our countries infrastructure. We're easily talking in the trillions of dollars.

[@lindabradford9591]

Didn't it go up 100 billion in like 30 seconds to 200 billion?

[@dashcamandy2242]

@@lindabradford9591 It started with a "couple hundred billion" at first, allegedly reducing over time, and then suddenly it was "two hundred billion total."

[@vcmay626]

I can feel Sen Kennedy's frustration. Several hundred billion dollars and the loss of our country sounds like an awful lot to me.

[@mikewilliams2072]

But we would be carbon free, no not even after the billions spent!

[@1A9lis]

Not content with having our own UK fools , we are foisting them on our brothers and sisters in the US . Stand firm you all 🙏

[@rageagaintstheNWO]

@@mikewilliams2072 Carbon free and probably a few tens of millions of people free

[@shadowbeast2276]

Alot of us feel the same frustration

[@mns8732]

We've spent 100s of Billions on cancer research have we cured it? No. So is it the money or the gas of yiyr concern.???

[@vbg345]

VIVA JOHN KENNEDY! BOLD, SMART, funny as heck. LET COMMON SENSE REIGN for a change!

[@lyndonhenderson816]

Just answer the damn question 😢😢😢😢😢

[@debbiehyams6592]

I love senator Kennedy he's a no BS guy!!¡ And it really comes down to common sense!!!! Keep giving it to them!

[@nightowl2486]

I give him the side eye 👀 bcz of his objections to letting Tucker show the tapes 😔

[@forthfarean]

the best people don't want to be President, and who can blame them?

[@terryshepherd8595]

Absolutely 👍, he makes these so called professionals look like donkeys 👏🤣

[@debacofzomb9889]

​@@nightowl2486he did? 😮 That's very disappointing.

[@cms1381]

Kennedy is not looking for real answers. He's just looking to make points with his base.

[@peterzhang9576]

I like Kennedy’s straight talking , so good

[@tarickk6132]

He did give him an answer though..

[@art9937]

I absolutely love how Mr Kennedy sets them and let's them prove their complete idiots

[@TheoriginalBacchuscleric]

These people are not idiots. They know exactly what they're doing and exactly what not to disclose.

[@patriciaotis2491]

Yep

[@Mrsdstry]

Asking the cost of a mega project to an environmental scientist and demanding for an answer puts the senator in that position

[@Larry-fu9pg]

Senator Kennedy is a great man, there is no one like him, he's a no nonsense guy, we need more like him!

[@jessevadney9458]

I totally agree with you

[@robertwelsh4094]

What has he ever accomplished?

[@teekay_1]

@@robertwelsh4094 Well, he proved that that all the experts on "Climate Change" are Pure B.S.

[@sherry2818]

Why isn’t there a special commission to investigate all acts of questionable injustices ? Also a special fund for due compensation to families.

[@bobbywelch1851]

It's all ridiculous 👎

[@EyeOfScrutiny]

It’s amazing how far a hoax can go.

[@mfbrisson]

He was correct on saying it would cost us our country.

[@annemcquade7185]

So true Senator Kenenedy! More and more I ask myself the question: "Can anyone answer a straight forward question nowadays?" What is the reason for such inability to answer a straight forward question today? Thank you and have a wonderful life. Oh and remember life does not come to an end - promise of Jesus - because even on death, "life has changed, not ended". The latter is a certainty of victory over death- amazing and True! So keep Faith, hope and Love and as your friend noted "you are always entertaining" keep up the splendid work. Love in God to you, yours and all there too! Amen Glory to God in the Highest level of Love forever. ❤❤❤😁

[@wolfensteinman7978]

This shows you just how out of touch the colleges are.

[@joem61]

"How much would it cost?" "Our country." An honest answer, at least. And *THAT* is why the others won't answer the question.

[@mikewilliams2072]

We don't even own our country any more we owe too much, who ever picks up the tab on the US debt will have to worry about what it would cost!!!!!!!

[@mikeevans5810]

Kennedy's great, tell it like it is..

[@williamtyree3896]

Id rather fight a rabid polecat than face Kennedy. The cat is gonna fu.k me up but at least he won't make me look stupid AF lol

[@emirp2732]

I have apartments in my building selling for 2 million in Florida. Mar a lago worth $18 is absolutely laughable. More like $118 million

[@Shawn-Lucifer]

Sen. Kennedy is the real deal. Need more Senators like him for sure

[@ECP-xu5vj]

yeah we need more senators who just grandstand shout at the witnesses refuse to let them answer. pretend that they did not give a figure to his question.

[@yourdaddy9622]

@@ECP-xu5vjthey usually don’t. Don’t you have a grocery store manager to go yell at or something?

[@michaelofmarble2094]

A senator in these hearings has 5 minutes or so and witnesses will routinely eat up the clock and never answer the question. How much will it cost? Answer they don't know or 200 billion. @@ECP-xu5vj

[@terryshepherd8595]

Sen Kennedy should’ve asked these climate freaks how are they going to build solar panels and wind turbines without fossil fuels ????????😳

[@noelwilde]

Agreed

[@MeDominguez-in9gs]

I love Kennedy. 😂 his sarcasm is hilarious. He doesn’t mess around at all.

[@megansummersides4255]

200 billion😂😂😂😂 In Australia they’ve said Trillions. Smfh

[@okharleys]

This isn't Cambridge! THIS IS SPARTA!

[@oscardominguez6491]

Senator Kennedy, the world needs more men like him!!!

[@user-yj6bm1kg7b]

AMEN.. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT !!!

[@suesabalburo6235]

Pretty much these so called “consultants” just talk out of their butts!

[@AacaL05]

If you're going to suggest we do a project you should know about how much the project is going to cost

[@artdre1881]

And if you don't have the cost it means that you don't have real action plan how to do it.

[@brendawilliams8062]

Thankyou. Senator Kennedy

[@sugarsauce2435]

"It will cost our liberties, it will cost our economy, it will cost our country." Most HONEST answer we've heard. Great job, sir! Great job senator Kennedy! I'm so proud of you! These people dont care about the true costs. They do not care who lives or dies. As long as they get what they want. THAT is true profit over people. Human beings are far more important than these peoples bank accounts. Stand up now before there is no America. We are on the precipice of complete destruction. 😢 We can't let this happen.

[@mikewilliams2072]

Yes, my thoughts exactly!!!!!!

[@sugarsauce2435]

Carbon reduction= eliminating human beings and many other evil things. Solar and wind are NOT enough to sustain America. Not even close. One of my brothers used to make wind turbines and he used to tell me about how dangerous they actually are. Some of the stories he told me, I'll never forget. He ended up leaving that job because he felt it was too dangerous and he wasn't being paid enough for the risk. They cause fires, they kill birds and he always used to tell me he didn't understand how anyone could ever think wind turbines were enough to produce long term energy for all of America's needs. Not just the country and its infrastructure but the American people. I mean, I'll support some of the alternatives, but to completely take out what has worked for America for this long is absolutely insane. Do they have some sort of energy source that we dont know about? I've been wondering about that.

[@edsmith6272]

I see alot of smoke being blown.

[@fedge1968]

LOL, you drama queen.

[@jamiesmith6838]

"The Corporation is Psychopathic" "The Corporation" 2003

[@davidmercer5561]

What a sham

[@HotRodDad]

The term “educated fools” comes to mind.

[@adamm.6595]

At least the one man openly said it would cost, "the country".

[@jennapecor1865]

The best question that no one asks is “can you name the negative consequences of what you’re proposing?” Cause they can’t, because they don’t care what the consequences are.

[@taw1967]

You got that right.

[@EsTornino77]

The guy at 8 minutes in says it the best I think, It will cost us our liberty and country, everything has to be in the hands of the state. No privatized oil/gas company wants to even think about it, they will go out of business. So basically a communist kind of taking care of the problem. Im from the Netherlands, a tiny country with 17 million people with almost no impact on the world stage regarding this topic, but also we are constantly been asked about what will it cost. I think capitalism / free market will never solve this problem. Only nuclear energy can reduce oil/gas usage. The guy from Cambridge was right to say, maybe there will be other kinds of energy in the near future , he probably means plasma/ion/cold fusion etc.., but I fear that this will not be invented in the next 20 years on a scale that it would be relevant. So building 100 extra nuclear powerplants would be a good start, but the guy who thinks it would be 200 billion is way off, the guy from Cambridge thought he meant per year :-p

[@skiefyre123]

@@EsTornino77 Honestly if you look at the newer nuclear plants that are being experimented with 100 may not even be necessary.

[@elLooto]

@@EsTornino77 Thats the thing with these activist groups: it doesnt matter what the problem is, the answer is always communism.

[@jimw.4161]

Senator is a national treasure. He has more common sense than a whole room full of pinhead PhD professors.

[@julie.1081]

Amen to that!

[@PaddyMcCarthy2.1]

I said something similar in my comment (before I read yours).

[@julie.1081]

@@PaddyMcCarthy2.1 Well...great minds DO think alike! As much as I appreciate Sen. Kennedy in the Senate, can you imagine him doing a stand-up comedy routine? I wouldn't care how much the tickets cost. I'd still pay to hear him! LOL!

[@PaddyMcCarthy2.1]

@@julie.1081 He is making theso-called experts look like complete fools. And yes, if he did stand-up, it would be amazing, We would all be laughing at the complete stupidity he is pointing out and the sad fact is, he wouldnt have to make any of it up, just tell it as it is.

[@julie.1081]

@@PaddyMcCarthy2.1 My favorite of all of his "grillings" will forever be "Judge, tell me what Article 5 of the Constitution is?" It was so classic!

[@chrissen5221]

Thank you Kennedy. All of this cost will be passed to the consumer plus some.

[@igotcha3761]

A bully is a bully even with no teeth.

[@chitowntiger1]

Kennedy has this magical way of turning mumbo-jumbo into a logical and sensible way of thinking for all of us.

[@ECP-xu5vj]

he was not interested in listening to them. even before he started his uestioning he already concluded they are nonsense. a figure was given to him but instead of analyzing the figure he dismisses them. this was just grandstanding and you guys take it like he is a smart mountain man banjo player

[@wolvesslasher1982]

​@ECP-xu5vj you mean like the people who believed the Steele Dossier and believed the narrative that Hunter's Laptop was just Russian Disinformation? Or believe there is nothing suspicious about someone bleach washing thousands of emails off their computer and having phones destroyed when they are under investigation?

[@nathanielruss7657]

do you think so? I find it kind of stupid that he is insisting on knowing the price tag of some thing that hasn’t happened yet and he’s arguing that we shouldn’t try to fix the problem until we know how much it will cost. Let’s use that same logic and (magic as you call it) with cancer. step 1: give an accurate explanation of how much curing cancer will cost. step 2: figure out how to cure cancer while staying within that budget Does that make any sense?

[@pagemcgilvray3742]

@@ECP-xu5vj In as much, we aren't interested in reading the setoff comments of a liberal troll.

[@Stefan-vc2ef]

@@ECP-xu5vjlighten up friend

[@ellenjefferies7310]

That was stunningly GOOD!!! Senator Kennedy works for the American PEOPLE!!!!

[@roudydog3063]

Unbelievable!

[@texasstadium]

These people are out of their minds.

[@gwenynmel5682]

The don’t care about cost. That’s why academics are indebted with student loans for degrees that will NEVER generate enough $ to pay them off. #fiscalresponsibility

[@OneFlewOver1776]

And getting degrees that won't help them do anything but complain!

[@dashcamandy2242]

@@OneFlewOver1776 You mean I can't become independently wealthy with my Master's Degree in Basket Weaving and my Doctorate in Interpretive Dance? 🤣

[@LakeNipissing]

*_OF COURSE IT'S DIFFICULT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR !!_* Dang, Senator Kennedy didn't bite his tongue there.

[@NotaHuskywolf]

The 'University' of Cambridge lol.

[@braveheartmontana]

It's a budget meeting not a summit!

[@PAS024]

I love the part where the guys doesn't finish saying what he wants to say and inadvertently tells the truth. - "It would cost our country"

[@mikeboston5800]

the number one highlight and at the same time, final conclusion of this hearing.

[@asumazilla]

He was arguing against the others who didn't want to say a price.

[@eniselmenic5056]

pretty sure that was the republican witness who is of course saying what will enrich the fossil fuel industry that keeps republicans in power. get a clue

[@bracoop2]

He was a witness against the ridiculous carbon neutral bs

[@paysour1]

You would rather sacrifice the country just to express your opposition to science.

[@Jimbotron92]

It’s sad that a simple question is being asked to these professors, highly educated people who can’t even give a ball park estimate. That old saying of educated idiot comes to mind

[@ECP-xu5vj]

did you watch the video? they gave figures but kennedy just wanted to insult them and pretended that a figure was not given. But instead of asking them how they arrived at the figure he did not because that kind of analysis is beyond his brain power so he just dismisses it and pretend that the witnesses did not give him a figure

[@stevetamacc]

I heard this older mexican dude say that PhD stood for "Pendejo has Degree"!

[@Meow_37]

@@ECP-xu5vj ⁠​⁠ out of the half a dozen that were asked, only one of those “educated” people gave a ball park figure, and even then, he didn’t sound very confident in it. If I had a voice in whether to go along with this movement or not, and these answers came out from these “educated” people, I would say no thank you. Kennedy wasn’t insulting those professors because he didn’t understand a number, it’s because only one number was given out of the half dozen professors that were asked.

[@smileydag]

Oh they CAN answer it. No one would like the $100 trillion answer is all. We could have been carbon neutral IF Nuclear was allowed since 1970. Solar and Wind are garbage. 20% generation in the Winter is a non-starter.

[@smileydag]

"they gave figures "@@ECP-xu5vj They gave a completely contrived answer. It'll cost a trillion $ a year but we'd be saving 800 billion. Sure we would.

[@rockinmama007]

Impressive dialogue actually 🎉 finally

[@franceswomble8083]

I have to say I watch this alot no one ever has answers and they say I will have to get back to you.

[@earthangel6065]

Love Mr Kennedy. He’s straight to point and it seems the only one with brains!!

[@franciscogarcia3031]

No is not the republicans need to stop approving mine to Ukrainian war and now he ask him how much it cost all this is a diversion from the Ukrainian war and the money USA that expend on the war 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@Isnogood12]

That Hawley boy seems to have a good head on his shoulders, though he is still quite wet behind the ears.

[@earthangel6065]

@@Isnogood12 I like him too! I only came across these videos, I’m from downunder! I can’t believe these people who are put in these jobs and have no fricking clue!! They have been shown to your public as being incompetent and should be sacked!

[@webgpu]

"Quick to the point to the point no fakin'"

[@donnamartz6361]

I've watched this episode at least 4 times. I love this man!

[@clemensgoermer5377]

You just have to love this guy ! I mean Kennedy

[@xrick76tube]

Like a Boss!

[@Lorna-qb8ti]

Beautiful sir

[@mikethompson3534]

Senator Kennedy we need more senators like you as these clowns think they can get a blank check for this ridiculous green BS

[@paysour1]

I'm sure the Chinese would appreciate your efforts to slow down America's energy efficiency. I wouldn't doubt the international oil cartel is doing their best the stuff this politicians pockets. You bottom feeders wouldn't know any difference your lack of education has been obvious for some time.

[@markjenkins2262]

He is the clown

[@rafaelorsic4884]

And you are bot :)

[@markjenkins2262]

@@rafaelorsic4884 and you are one of the mentally bewildered

[@buzzries2040]

They think they can because they have been fleecing our country for years.

[@sandrahamilton-kb1yu]

I Love Senator Kennedy!!! 😅 He is for dang sure a breath of fresh air. And all of these people want to say is ,”I don’t know.” God bless you Senator Kennedy. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️

[@Melody615199999]

If I was one of those guys and knew I had to go face Kennedy, I'd call in sick that day. He has more brains, more common sense, than ALL the Democrats in Washington.

[@rhutchski]

Absolutely

[@mpat23]

😂😂agree. Asking the hard question no one wants to really answer straight.

[@user-rf4lc3vt7o]

Bravo for Kennedy.. love him!👏👏

[@ECP-xu5vj]

he has more brains than the regularmountain men in deliverance. I'll give you that

[@ECP-xu5vj]

how about all the republicans? george santos lauren boebert matt gaetz MTG ?

[@oldcynic6964]

2:36 "you sound like a consultant..." To damn with faint praise !

[@Booklady444]

Wind and solar. This is a joke😂

[@marylouisescott8880]

Senator John Kennedy, I love your assessment of what these guys are trying to do.....not much. Senator you are a national treasure and I certainly love to hear you anytime you are speaking. Awesome, down to earth kind of a guy. You have more common sense in your little finger than the presenters . God bless you!

[@QuixoticCowboy]

As someone who works in the renewable sector I am always astonished when people forget to mention that wind and solar are not carbon neutral from the jump. They need some time to be so.

[@WilbertRobichaud]

They cannot be since they are all made from fossil fuels.

[@iluv691]

absolutely right. these devices are made from fossil fuels

[@adaismeus1]

Exactly windmills are LOADED with grease and oil. 😂😂they don’t spin without it 😂 not to mention the lands that are cleared and ruined for solar panels and windmills

[@rodiusmaximus]

@@adaismeus1 and the solar cells (and the mining, and the production of the cells) aren't exactly 100% safe for the environment.

[@numberyellow]

​@@rodiusmaximus which is why i always laugh when people tout wind and solar as "the future", or as the solution to all our problems.. they're so stupid, that that don't even understand that their actual argument is "we have to destroy the environment, to save the environment". not to mention that wind and solar can't compete with nuclear, in terms of energy produced, for the same amount of cleared land.

[@starkvegas4882]

The one guy said the quiet part out loud. What will it cost?? Our country.

[@hubrisnaut]

They don't want to answer or don't know. I have a relative that was on some voluntary city committee on "climate change". I just said to her one day, '80% of Maine uses heating oil, how many windmills will it take to replace that?' She had no clue. It's pipe dreams and lollypops.

[@herbertcomber8558]

Such a pleasure to watch an honest, intelligent Senator such as Mr Kennedy. Senate needs more of this kind of person. Educated and thoughtful

[@jamesboyd1378]

He went to school BEFORE THEY SOLD OUT.!

[@ECP-xu5vj]

honest and intelligent? you must be talking about someone else. This senator is right smack out of deliverance

[@aprilboneski4639]

That's right, go to name calling. You guys do that all the time.@@ECP-xu5vj

[@kennyfleming2318]

​@@ECP-xu5vjhe is a Senator...and you are?

[@miltonpasson2068]

​@@ECP-xu5vjwhen the brains were handed out, you got left behind

[@OCEANSIDEGANGBUSTER]

They never answer the simple questions because they can't. It's all a scam.

[@Mike-or3ry]

EXACTLY. Alex Epstein 's "FOSSIL FUTURE" on sale now.The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. HUMAN FLOURISHING

[@whome1299]

Yup.

[@lunarapartmentservices2293]

Yeah, we’re all done

[@jeffvandepol8900]

" What will it cost..?" "Our country". Let's go green!!