{"id":351578,"date":"2024-11-18T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=351578"},"modified":"2024-11-18T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:56:20","slug":"trumps-new-energy-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=351578","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s New Energy\u00a0Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drill, bay, drill!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donald Trump\u2019s pick for energy secretary called <\/em>net zero<\/em><\/a> a \u201csinister goal\u201d and was once censored by LinkedIn for posting a video of his views on climate policy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Wright, an oil executive and staunch defender of fossil fuels, is also known for drinking fracking fluid that includes bleach on camera to prove it is safe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Wright, the founder and chief executive of Denver-based Liberty Energy, is expected to spearhead Mr Trump\u2019s <\/em>\u201cdrill baby drill\u201d plans<\/em><\/a> to increase oil and gas production and seek new ways to boost energy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A climate sceptic who has filed lawsuits opposing climate disclosure rules, Mr Wright has called climate activists alarmist and has likened efforts by Democrats to combat global warming to Soviet-style communism.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, he made headlines when he drank a fracking fluid cocktail containing a collection of chemicals, which he knocked back with colleagues after toasting the \u201clong lives and healthier lives of billions of people all around the world from oil and gas\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, he was briefly censored by LinkedIn for posting a video in which he said: \u201cThere is no climate crisis and we\u2019re not in the midst of an energy transition either.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Destructive deceptions\u2019<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

During the 12-minute video, he said that the terms climate crisis, energy transition, carbon pollution, clean energy and dirty energy are all \u201cdestructive deceptions\u201d that cause children anxiety.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Wright went on to say that \u201cwe have seen no increase in the frequency of <\/em>hurricanes<\/em><\/a>, tornadoes, droughts or floods\u201d as a result of climate change \u2013 a claim that is widely disputed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The social media platform took the video down, claiming it violated its policy on spam and scams, before restoring it the next day, according to The Wall Street Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Wright, who does not have any political experience, has written extensively on the need for <\/em>more fossil fuel<\/em><\/a> production to lift people out of poverty.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has stood out among oil and gas executives for his confrontational, freewheeling style.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a keynote address to oil and gas industry figures earlier this year, Mr Wright has said \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing as <\/em>renewable energy<\/em><\/a>\u201d, adding that the target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 is \u201csinister\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNet zero 2050: zero chance of this happening, but it\u2019s actually a sinister goal because we spend an insane amount of money pretending we\u2019re going to actually achieve this,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the net result has been to \u201cmake energy more expensive, less reliable, and impoverish people\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/politics\/2024\/11\/17\/chris-wright-net-zero-sinister-trump-energy-secretary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donald Trump\u2019s pick for energy secretary called net zero a \u201csinister goal\u201d and was once censored by LinkedIn for posting a video of his views on climate policy.<\/p>\n

Chris Wright, an oil executive and staunch defender of fossil fuels, is also known for drinking fracking fluid that includes bleach on camera to prove it is 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