Posted on 09/17/2019 9:40:41 AM PDT by simpson96
Former U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, argued at a conference in Melbourne that economic and environmental benefits stem from investments in renewable energy, but climate crisis deniers in power risk running humanity off a cliff, as the Guardian reported.
In his keynote address to the Global Table today — a food and agriculture conference — Kerry took indirect umbrage with the Australian government's inertia on a climate and energy policy while also weighing in on the government's support for the Adani coal mine in Queensland.
"We just can't sit on our asses and leave the political process to neanderthals who don't want to believe in the future," Kerry told the audience, as the Guardian reported. "We have a dearth of leadership, but this will turn."
Kerry cited numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to highlight the growth of the renewable energy sector.
"Nobody's talking about making people unemployed, we're talking about transitioning to better jobs. (The) fastest growing job in the United States of America today - solar power technician. Second fastest growing job in America today - wind power turbine technician," he said, as the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
He also took a swipe at Australia's outsized production of greenhouse gas emissions from its fossil fuel sector and its decision to invest further in the Adani coal mine, which will export a massive amount of fossil fuels to India.
"I got to tell you, we should not be moving to coal, we should not be encouraging coal, we should not be building infrastructure around coal," he said to applause from the audience, according to the Guardian.
After his speech, he told the Sydney Morning Herald that Australia should not invest in major coal infrastructure projects.
(Excerpt) Read more at ecowatch.com ...
That's a sh*t job. On the road for weeks on end. Living in cheap motels. Working 200 feet in the air in Wyoming winters at 30 below zero with the wind howling all around you. No thanks.
A technician in a nuclear plant is a good job. Wind turbine technician is a sh*t job.
FUJFingK
Democrats:
To your thermostats.
Set them on off.
Your motor vehicle? Leave it parked.
It only takes one full time “wind turbine technician” for every 20-25 turbines
There’s only a need for a few thousand in the country
While they put millions out of jobs
I think he lives on Beacon Hill in Boston.
“He’s not afraid of rising sea levels.”
I believe Theresa has a farm in PA that the ketchup bought.
Plus, I think they may also own a house on Nantucket.
Having one home is for the little people that fly commercial.
It is scientists and engineers that will have to deal with “the problem”.
I don’t want politicians to make another expensive mess.
“We just can’t sit on our asses”
Sitting on your posterior is just the right thing to do.
Berating the Aussies (after flying half way around the world) is not, former diplomat.
Sorry, Brian. I am incorrect. They had/have 5 houses as of 2004 according to Snopes:
Fox Chapel, PA (farm owned by Heinz)
Ketchum, ID (Sun Valley ski area)
Washington, DC (Georgetown section)
Nantucket, MA (this may have been sold recently and now moved to Martha’s Vineyard) FYI, MV is where all the liberals have vacation homes. Nantucket is where the hedge fund traders from NYC go along with the Hamptons)
Boston, MA (Beacon Hill section)
As of 2004 the total value was around $30 million.
Prior to running for President, Kerry sold his house in the Lake Como region of Italy. After all, it would not look good for a US President to own a house in a foreign country.
In addition, if you recall he keeps a 75’ sailing yacht in Newport, RI. That way he could avoid paying Mass taxes on the boat.
Paying state taxes is for the little people.
Poor John Kerry did sell his Nantucket home in 2018 for $17.5 million.
They did purchase a house on Martha’s Vineyard for $11 million.
Sounds like he’s laying the groundwork to jump in, maybe at the convention.
A Neanderthal, being around for thousands of years, would know first hand the climate was doing just fine.
They were around far longer then homo sapien sapien!
Is he predicting the GOP takes back the House?
Lol! This from an incompetent fool who shot up ARVN troops. What a maroon.
So....how big is your mansion? I know you have a big yacht. How many private jets have you flown on? How many private limos have you ridden around in?
Kerry is just another effing hypocrite.
This could literally be called a racist comment. (Lurch’s, not yours)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.