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AOC is a 'pompous little twit' with a 'silly' climate plan, says Greenpeace co-founder
Washington Examiner ^ | March 12, 2019 | Pete Kasperowicz

Posted on 03/13/2019 4:54:20 PM PDT by SJackson

One of the co-founders of Greenpeace on Tuesday rejected the climate alarmism of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats, and accused them of proposing a "silly" plan to solve it.

Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has offered the Green New Deal to reshape the U.S. economy into a green economy. But Patrick Moore, one of the original founders of Greenpeace, called her expensive plan "silly" and repeated his claim that she is a "pompous little twit."

"It's a silly plan. That's why I suggested she was a pompous little twit. Twit meaning silly in the British lexicon and pompous meaning arrogant," he said on Fox News. AD With the defense of Ilhan Omar, will Democrats change their 2020 party platform on Israel? Watch Full Screen to Skip Ads

Ocasio-Cortez has said publicly that she is the "boss" on climate now, since no one else is tackling it. But Moore rejected that suggestion.

"She really rubbed me the wrong way when she said she is the boss, because she can make up a proposal that's completely ridiculous," he said.

"There is no climate crisis," Moore said. "There is weather and climate all around the world, and in fact, carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life."

He said climate change is real, but said it's "not made by people."

"Climate change is a perfectly natural phenomenon, and this modern warm period actually began 300 years ago when the Little Ice Age began to come to an end," he said.

"There is nothing to be afraid of, and that's all they're doing is instilling fear," Moore added.

[Related: EPA head Andrew Wheeler: Green New Deal supporters are 'oblivious' to need for fossil fuels]

Moore said people don't understand enough about climate science, and said carbon dioxide is a necessary component of life on Earth.

"This is fake science and it is driving a very dangerous movement on the energy front," he said.

Moore also dismissed the warnings from his former group and others like Ocasio-Cortez, who said the climate will become inhospitable to human life in about 12 years. "Most of the scientists who are saying it's a crisis are on perpetual government grants," he said.

"On one hand, they say the science is settled and people like myself should just shut up because they know what's right," Moore added. "On the other hand, they seem to keep studying forever as if there's something new to find out. And those two things are completely contradictory."

Moore long ago broke with Greenpeace, which stressed he has nothing to do with the organization. "He does not represent Greenpeace. He is a paid lobbyist, not an independent source," the group said Tuesday.

Moore said Greenpeace was a science-based organization when he started it, but then it was taken over by the Left.

"We were hijacked by the extreme left, who basically took Greenpeace from a science-based organization, to an organization based on sensationalism, misinformation and fear," he said.

Moore has been in some public scrapes with Democrats lately. Monday night, Moore tweeted back at Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., after she warned that "climate change is happening."

"Earth has survived Ice Ages, massive asteroid impacts and extinctions, continents colliding & volcanoes building massive mountain ranges," he wrote. "And CO2, the food for all life, is a 'threat to the planet.' Not likely."


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aoc; climate; co2; democrats; fakescience; greennewdeal; greenpeace; patrickmoore
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1 posted on 03/13/2019 4:54:20 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

A breath of fresh air!


2 posted on 03/13/2019 5:01:49 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: SJackson

3 posted on 03/13/2019 5:11:34 PM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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Boss AOC and The Tribe of Subservient Men.

4 posted on 03/13/2019 5:15:32 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: SJackson

Let’s move her off this to the dihydrogen monoxide crisis. THAT’S the big one!


5 posted on 03/13/2019 5:15:44 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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6 posted on 03/13/2019 5:16:43 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SJackson

This is truly one of the best talks debunking the Global Dumbing crowd.

I urge everyone to listen to the entire 30 minutes. Here is a link to the audio:

https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/global-warming-hoax/

Especially around 14 minutes, LOL! When/if they stop using fossil fuels (per AOC’s request), people would start starving in the cities. And the food wouldn’t get to the inner cities because the people on the outer part of the cities would steal the food before it got to the inner city, etc.

Mugshots of Patrick Moore (then and now):

https://www.google.com/search?q=greenpeace+%22patrick+moore%22&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOnPnQtfngAhXiCTQIHW4dBuoQ_AUIDygC&biw=1024&bih=689


7 posted on 03/13/2019 5:17:05 PM PDT by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: SJackson
Who could have imagined that the former founder of Green Peace would state something that we can agree with!

He recognizes the fact that A-O-COMMUNIST is an insidious, dangerous, "pompus little twit" that is destroying the DEMON RAT party, and poses a threat to undo all of the work he and others have laid.

8 posted on 03/13/2019 5:22:49 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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As part of “The Green New Deal” they should ban cars for University students.


9 posted on 03/13/2019 5:27:42 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: SJackson


Click The Pic For Link

Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With on Christmas - SNL (Foreshadowing AOC)


10 posted on 03/13/2019 5:28:17 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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I’m still trying to figure out how @AOC got to Austin for SXSW on an electric train...


11 posted on 03/13/2019 5:30:40 PM PDT by nascarnation
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"Earth has survived Ice Ages, massive asteroid impacts and extinctions, continents colliding & volcanoes building massive mountain ranges," he wrote. "And CO2, the food for all life, is a 'threat to the planet.' Not likely."

That is very well stated. It is very bizarre that carbon-based life forms have decided that carbon is their biggest enemy.

12 posted on 03/13/2019 5:49:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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Did you ever think the US would live out the movie FOR REAL..?

AOC PLANS:

-Making air transport illegal, building bridges to Europe and Hawaii
-Destroying and re-building EVERY structure in the USA using green tech
-Doing away with concrete as a construction input
-Saving money for socialized medicine via fewer funerals
-Eliminating beef-eating pets
-Cross-breeding humans and rabbit so we can all become vegans

She is a 10 year old dressed up in costume, as an adult suit, pretending to know all the answers

13 posted on 03/13/2019 5:55:14 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: AlanGreenSpam

Another classic takedown on Global Warming is in Michael Crichton’s State of Fear. As I remember, his prologue essay should not be missed...nor the novel itself.


14 posted on 03/13/2019 6:19:16 PM PDT by chiller (As Davey Crockett once said: Be sure you're right. Then go ahead. I'm goin' ahead.)
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To: SJackson

I think I was in third or fourth grade when I was taught that people breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. At the same time, plants take in carbon dioxide and “breathe” out oxygen.

I don’t recall having any difficulty understanding the concept.


15 posted on 03/13/2019 6:25:09 PM PDT by susannah59
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16 posted on 03/13/2019 6:33:58 PM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: SJackson

Yeah, but half the country (or more) is dumber than she is. That’s the danger.


17 posted on 03/13/2019 6:42:11 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Fiddlstix

After reading her comment, I can understand why she has to pay her boyfriend.

OMG! Like.... like... like... you know what I mean ?


18 posted on 03/13/2019 7:07:51 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: TigersEye
It is very bizarre that carbon-based life forms have decided that carbon is their biggest enemy.

Probably what Lucifer was talking about when he told God that freedom of choice was a bad idea, given that when allowed to choose, humans seem to choose the worst option.

19 posted on 03/13/2019 7:10:57 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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20 posted on 03/13/2019 7:12:19 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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