Guest essay by Eric Worrall
US Secretary of State John Kerry has set his sights on the nation’s air conditioners, claiming that the climate impact of air conditioners are as big a threat to life as the Islamic State terrorist group.
Kerry: Air conditioners as big a threat as ISIS
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“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.”
Kerry said that most of the substances banned in the Montreal Protocol have increased the use of HFCs and claimed that the coolant was thousands of times more potent than CO2. He added that the increase of HFCs has led to the trend of global climate change.
“The use of hydrofluorocarbons is unfortunately growing,” Kerry said. “Already, the HFCs use 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.” …
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/23/kerry-air-conditioners-as-big-threat-as-isis.html
I’m surprised John Kerry has such a negative view of air conditioners. Air conditioners have played a surprisingly important part in the climate debate. If James Hansen and Tim Worth hadn’t sabotaged the Congress building Air Conditioner in 1988, the night before crucial testimony which kicked off the entire political climate movement, there might not have been a climate “crisis”.
Perhaps Kerry thinks if he makes Air Conditioners a thing of the past, the entire nation might experience the sweaty heat which proved so convincing on that fateful day in 1988.
The first thing that came to my mind was this Seinfeld episode.
If they ban AC, only outlaws will have fully automatic AC’s…
It has been hotter than Purgatory in the greater Boston Area the last two days. Speaking of Purgatory, Mr. Kerry can go to the other warm place instead.
john, +1. at least ( but then if I gave you +2 it might get too hot.)
“The Dunning–Kruger (DK) effect is a cognitive bias wherein unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude.”
Hey Mr Kerry, if the shoe fits……………….
Tom, the other guy is always wrong. That’s the current understanding of scientific skepticism.
I’ll be watching my air conditioner very, very closely from now on. It’s making strange noises. I think it’s about to aaaaaaagggggg.
..Hmmm, how long before the movie comes out ???
“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.”
He screwed up when he said “we” and quickly corrected to “you.” It’s YOUR air conditioner that’s a problem. Not his and Teresa’s.
..AHA !! I’ve got it !! …. I just figure out how to save the world…….We need a world wide ban on liberal ideas ….
This is what passes for leadership? Seriously. Can a society long endure this kind of stupidity? That man is pathetic.
When the air conditioner starts shooting at me, I will stop worrying about ISIS and call in the serviceman.
Kerry is a bigger threat than ISIS.
Kerry, Clinton and Obama are ISIS’s bestest ever US friends it could ever hope for.
Kerry is completely correct. I had to get rid of my last air conditioner unit after it decapitated three of my neighbours and planted a bomb in the local train station.
Obama: “If that was my AC , it be my……
If my a/c wasn’t working…… I’ll admit, I might just go ISIS on your ass.
The West is locked in a battle with Islamic Terror, like it or not.
What must the leadership of Al Qaeda, Hamas, ISIS, the Taliban, and the rest be thinking about the US Secretary of State, and the US after official statements like this?
For them, it must be bonus points all the way around.
They must be thinking, “Hey, we can attack these fools at will, and suffer no consequences. President Obama will even make excuses for us.”
Isis are currently hatching a plot to put air conditioning in every home in America “those sneaky evil villains “.
“The use of hydrofluorocarbons is unfortunately growing,” Kerry said. “Already, the HFCs use 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.” …
So Mr Kerry, May I take it you will immediately remove all refrigerators, air conditioners, and other items from your home and your office? Get back to me when you do, then I’ll be willing to listen to what you have to say.
I wonder how many “Hiroshima bombs” that equals.
Seriously though, What percentage is One Gigaton of CO2 compared to the entire supply of atmospheric CO2?
Someone here is bound to know the total atmospheric CO2 tonnage. No?
What you want is the conversion of the “warming power” of one gigaton of CO2 to the number of Hiroshima bombs (hereafter referred to as “Hiroshimas”). Plugging one gigaton into my Hiroshima calculator gets, let’s see; tap-tap-tik-tappity-tap; Tik-tikkety, tap. And the answer is; one bazillion Hiroshimas.
Give or take.
This Administration’s priority has always been to fight CO2, not ISIS.
Tilting at windmills.
Don Quixote was honorable.
John Kerry demonstrates the fixation on abstract climate possibilities rather than clear and present dangers. There is money and egos at stake, but it is also a moral breakdown.
https://rclutz.wordpress.com/2016/07/24/climatism-and-virtual-virtues/
Small minds pull away from big problems. Small minds try to find small problems to solve – and it doesn’t get much smaller than a nonexistent climate problem.
True that, and natural cooling occurs, you can take credit for it.
Kinda like the guy selling elephant repellent in Iowa. See? No elephants!
John Kerry is a blithering idiot.
Poor John Kerry…
Is he that stupid or are Lefists that dumb to believe such inane propaganda?
I just turned on my air conditioner… It didn’t suddenly scream Allahu Akbar!!!! and spontaneously combust into a million pieces and takeout my neighborhood… It simply purred like a kitten and started pumping out glorious cool air…
We’ve enjoyed a total of about 0.82C of global warming recovery since the Little Ice Age ended in 1850, of which, CO2 has perhaps beneficially contributed 0.2C to this total… HFCs have perhaps beneficially contributed 0.002C of global warming since the 1950’s and literally saved 100’s of thousands of lives from heat stroke over the past 70 years…..
Jihadists have killed 14,000+ and injured 16,000 people just in last 6 months….
When will people finally appreciate and understand that Leftist tyrants have killed 100+ million of their own citizens in the 20th century…
That’s an idea – EPA should rule that air conditioners must scream Allahu Akbar at least once a minute.
Mine did scream just like that, soluion? I just applied some bacon fat to the bearings and it stopped right away.
Argh, ..solution
How can he be serious? Does he actually believe this guff; is he just following the party line or is he part of the swindle? Hillary’s replacement may be just as incompetent as she? Who knew?
Refrigeration makes the world much more efficient. For instance, if I want chicken salad for my picnic … no problem … I have refrigeration.
If my buddy’s grandmother back in the old country wants chicken for her picnic, she takes a live chicken and kills it on the spot.
You can live without refrigeration but not nearly as well. In the third world, lack of refrigeration leads to a lot of food waste.
As far as I can tell, there’s darn little work on the public health implications of refrigeration and air conditioning. Like clean water and adequate sewers, refrigeration and air conditioning are largely uncredited for their role in producing the long healthy lives we enjoy today.
Considering there is quite a market for scary scenarios, just think about the fact the Democrats ran Kerry for President. Imagine if he had won 🙂
Yes, indeed. The US armed forces will be batlling climate change as their worst enemy … oh, wait.
Blowdriers are an even bigger threat, but Kerry draws the line at neglecting Le Bouffant. Planet be damned.
It seems to me that the middle east needs more air conditioners, not fewer.
I had a conversation with a friend last night that went something like this:
“Why do the weather forecasts always come with so many provisos?”
“Well, I respond, the government doesn’t want to be sued for bad weather or wrong forecasts since they now have been telling everyone that they can control the planet’s climate”.
Dishonest and less than intelligent buffoons like Kerry being in positions of power are the greatest threat to our well being and liberty that I can see.
Absolutely correct!
Wasn’t the Montreal Protocol sold also on the lower GWP of replacement refrigerants over 100 and 500 year lifetimes? AFAIK the replacements have residency lifetimes of under 75 years. They also save an enormous amount of energy. Kerry’s proposal is mere tinkering around the edges an activity suitable for dilettantes.