The Washington Examiner reported that Secretary of State
John Kerry, in Vienna to amend the 1987 “Montreal Protocol,” said that air
conditioners and refrigerators are as big of a threat to life on Earth as the
threat of terrorism posed by groups such as the Islamic State. (The Protocol
was intended to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, from household and
commercial appliances like air conditioners, refrigerators, and inhalers). “As
we were working together on the challenge of [ISIS] and terrorism,” Kerry said,
“It’s hard for some people to grasp it, but what we-you-are doing here right
now is of equal importance because it has the ability to literally save life on
the planet itself.”
Yet
Kerry went on to state that most of the substances banned by the Montreal
Protocol have increased the use of HFCs
and claimed that the coolant was thousands
of times more potent than CO2. He believes that the increase in HFCs has
led to global climate change. “The use of hydrofluorocarbons is unfortunately
growing,” Kerry said. “Already, the HFCs used in refrigerators, air
conditioners, and other items are emitting an entire gigaton of carbon
dioxide-equivalent pollution into the atmosphere annually. Now, if that sounds
like a lot, my friends, it’s because it is. It’s the equivalent to emissions
from nearly 300 coal-fired power plants every single year.”
Gina
McCarthy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, is also in Vienna
acting as her nation’s lead negotiator. She has stated that her goal is to
enact the HFC agreement by the end of this year. If the global deal is
completed, it would ban HFCs in the United States. The negotiations are part
and parcel of President Obama’s aggressive attempt to combat global “climate
change.”
Loyal
readers of this blog know that I don’t use coarse language often- if ever. They
also know that I vet my stories and double check punctuation, etc., etc., and
that I have never called for
violence. I take a certain pride- warranted or not- in my use of the language.
Concepts and words mean something. That said, Kerry’s unprovoked remarks on
this subject leave me speechless. He is a special kind of insane. He is not
only unfit to be Secretary of State, he is certifiable.
Air
conditioning has saved literally
countless lives over the years since Willis Carrier invented it. Without
refrigeration, many, many foods couldn’t be safely consumed. Inhalers have
saved many lives as well, and made millions more bearable. Any attempt to
compare these enormously important human inventions that save millions of lives- and make millions of others better- to
brutal acts of Islamic terror that indiscriminately kill throngs of innocents
is so far beyond the pale that it beggars description. It is Biblical,
Herculean assininity.
Kerry
didn’t aver that automobile accidents kill more people world-wide every year
than terrorism, or that fire or nuclear weapons can be dangerous, but singled
out some of the greatest life-saving inventions and innovations in the history
of this planet.
John
Kerry is rich. His wife is the heir to the Heinz ketchup fortune. I wonder if
the massive Heinz factories are “green?” I bet they are air conditioned for the
employees comfort. I guess ketchup is
as dangerous as ISIS!
What
does the label state on every ketchup bottle, John? “Refrigerate After
Opening,” correct? Why is that? Kerry’s mouth should have a government mandated
label on it stating: “Please regurgitate after opening.”
Kerry’s
statement was 57 varieties of dumb. Clearly
there exists something more dangerous than air conditioning, refrigeration, inhalers,
and even terrorism- combined. It is
the mindset of John Kerry himself. And of those in his party that agree with
him.
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