Posted on 06/15/2019 12:16:58 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Inskeep said:
When you talk to scientists about what would be necessary to get to zero carbon emissions, they often talk about people having to change their daily behaviors — drive an electric car; that’s not such a bad change. Live in a smaller house. People might feel uncomfortable with that. Have fewer children. Eat less meat. Are you not going to demand any kind of sacrifice from anyone in order to get to zero carbon emissions?
“Yeah, we’re going to have to make an investment as a country,” O’Rourke said. “It is not going to necessarily be easy.”
“Here is the opportunity to meet a true existential threat of this moment, and I’m confident that it’s going to bring out the absolute best in us,” O’Rourke said. “It’s nothing to be afraid of — something to meet head on and to overcome and to do it together.”
industry in his state, which provides the state with incredible prosperity, according to the state’s 2019 State of Energy Report that shows 2018 oil production in Texas totaled a record 1.54 billion barrels (bbl) in 2018, surpassing a previous record of 1.28 billion bbl set in 1973, Forbes magazine reported.
O’Rourke said oil will be replaced by wind power.
“My state’s big industry is going to have to transition into its other big industry,” O’Rourke said. “We generate more wind power than any other state in the union.”
As we free ourselves from that dependence on fossil fuels, we’re going to see more of my fellow Texans and fellow Americans transition into renewable energy jobs —high demand, high skill occupations – and I think it’s really important that we invest in the training to make sure that we have the skilled workforce that’s ready to take on this global challenge
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No danger of seeing President O’Fake anytime soon.
Good thing there won’t be a President O’Rourke.
This guy is wrong about everything.
BOL!
If this loser becomes President, we deserve to disappear as a nation.
BOL!
If this loser becomes President, we deserve to disappear as a nation.
President O’Rourke Will Take Executive Action to End New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Lands Putting Tens of Thousands Out of Work.
When I’m President I will issue an executive order banning idiots like this.
President O’Rourke Will Take Executive Action to Coordinate Regular Running Blackouts and Brownouts. Auto Charging Stations Open On Alternate Weeks For Odd-Even License Plates.
Those sheiks need to buy shoes for their kids.
“It is not going to necessarily be easy.”
It is also not going to happen either...schmuck.
President O’Rourke?
Bwahahahaha.....
I better clean the beer off my keyboard.
I wish Texas would stop sending these leftist states and cities gasoline and diesel. See how long they last. Winter would be a good time.
Texas' wind portfolio
Installed wind capacity: 23,421 megawatts
Number of wind turbines: 12,793
Wind capacity under construction: 6,148 megawatts
Wind capacity in advanced development: 1,804 megawatts
Number of jobs supported (direct and indirect): 24,000
Number of active manufacturing facilities: 46
Total capital investment through 2017: $42 billion*
* Calculation based on national and state averages.
Hey hey now. That’s the next president...and First Lady your talking about!
Their offspring, born a few years
prematurely, is Justin Bieber.
This effeminate twit is an embarrassment to Texans. He’s obviously in it for the money he’ll get morons to send to his campaign. We see this in our state in every election cycle. It’s amazing that their are so many fools who part with their cash so easily.
Watch Texas in August.
Trump said, “no wind, no TV Ethel.”
Hell, nobody will remember.
Beto will need to sell his soul to the devil to even win the nomination.
BUT
You cannot sell what the devil already owns.
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