Chris Wright, udvalgt af Donald Trump til at lede USA’s energiministerium, mener, at fossile brændstoffer er afgørende for at bekæmpe verdens fattigdom, som han anser for en større trussel end klimaforandringer, skriver Reuters.
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- ”In a corporate report released in February called ‘Bettering Human Lives,’ Chris Wright said that the energy transition has not begun and that climate change, while a challenge, is not the greatest threat to humans.”
- ”Poverty is a bigger threat that can be alleviated with access to hydrocarbons, said Wright, who started a foundation aimed at expanding propane cook stoves in developing countries.”
- “Scientists say emissions from burning fossil fuels are a major cause of climate change which is unfolding faster than expected. Wright pushes back on the treatment of carbon dioxide as a pollutant, saying carbon is essential for life.”
- “Peter Reich, a climate scientist at the University of Michigan, called Wright’s logic “terrifyingly absurd. “People and their pets and crops also need water,” Reich said. “That doesn’t mean that if your house is flooded up to the second floor or your soybean field is under water, that water cannot be a problem.””
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