Edward Kennedy destroys woke skier on climate change
Edward Kennedy destroys woke skier on climate change
Is carbon Dioxide I'm I went to high school but That's uh carbon dioxide is a a Gas okay I'm not a I'm not a I'm not a Professional to talk about carbon Dioxide so much but well you want us to Abolish it right no I there's always Going to be carbon dioxide right so so What is it you want us to Do I let me back up because I I want Them I mean you're here as an expert Tell me more about what carbon dioxide Is I'm here as an expert CrossCountry Skier who sees the changes in my Winters And the landscape that I live in in Alaska and so carbon dioxide is what I See it as is you know it's a gas that Exists in our atmosphere and is it the Major part of our atmosphere it's a huge Part of our atmosphere yes it's actually A very small part of our Atmosphere well okay okay But uh yeah I don't know what are you Asking specifically well you said we Need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions I'd like to know first if you know what It is you want us to abolish fossil Fuels I never said that you never have Said that no okay what what do you think We ought to do with fossil Fuels what will we do with fossil fuels Yeah should we make any changes I would Like to see a decrease in the use of Fossil fuels I think there's a
Possibility to use more electric Generation okay over over what period of Time 10 years 50 years 100 years that's Not I would like to see it come as fast As possible while continuing how fast Sorry how Fast I'm not I don't have a for that no Okay you just think we um how how much Will it cost for us to uh become carbon Neutral in the United States by 20 ,50 I'm not a professional on that I Don't have an you don't have any idea no You just think we ought to spend the Money I'm not an economist yeah but it's Going to cost money you realize that Yeah but we've also talked about the the Trade-off of what the cost of climate Change as emergencies will cost in the Future also so right but it's going to Cost trillions of dollars to become Carbon neutral by 20,50 right I do not Know you don't know you just think we Out to do It I I don't have a great answer for you But I think I would if we spent if we Spent those trillions of dollars and Became carbon neutral by 2050 in the United States Um would you Advocate H how much will it Reduce World temperatures I don't have An answer for that you don't know no you Just think we're all to spend the money And then see what Happens I think as an athlete I think if
We spend that money and invest in our Future hopefully those temperatures stop Rising and maybe the snow at least Stabilizes where it is for me but yeah I Don't think anyone knows for sure I Don't know anyway well when when when When my colleagues invite witnesses to Come to us to tell Us uh advise us on passing legislation Always check out the background of our Witnesses because I like to know who I'm Talking to um I'm I I checked yours out Mr Schacher um and I want to be sure I Understand it as I evaluate your Testimony uh on June 8th 2020 you tweeted I'm going to Quote the War on Drugs was intentionally Created to Incarcerate black people on Mouse in Quote the War on Drugs you said was Intentionally created to incarc at black People on Moss who who intentionally created the War on Drugs to put black people in jail Who were you talking to I don't remember Typing that you don't no it's on your Twitter Feed maybe a retweet I don't know I Haven't used that in a while even it's a Retweet it shows your Support right maybe yeah I but it's not The topic of this conversation right Right but it has to do with you're here
Giving us advice and I just kind of like To know a little bit more about your Yeah I mean I'm here as an athlete Giving you my story and what I've seen In my on August 27th of 2020 you tweeted this quote I'm going to Quote police are paid with taxpayer Dollars if they are not answerable to us We can demand new service and that's What this is abolish the police in favor Of that new service end quote you think We ought to Abol the police do you again Not the topic I'm here to talk about Today I know but but you tweeted it do You think we ought to abolish the police That's not what I'm here to talk about Should we do that before or after we get Rid of fossil Fuels I'm not going to address that That's you you don't want to address it Okay uh let me ask you about one more of Your tweets on August 26 2020 you tweeted There's a picture I'm not going to Describe the picture but you said quote Your words not mine it's on your Twitter Feed quote this is what systemic racism Looks Like the Los Angeles Police Department Is literally policing only the black Lives matter side end Quote would you mean by That this is still off Topic no it's not not you're here as an
Expert telling us advising us and I'm Asking you about your your your Background I'm here as an athlete to Talk about the effects of climate change On my sport okay let's go back well I'm Almost out of time you're well out of Time and we
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