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.
I have a hard time with Kerry on a personal level. Without the benefit of an ivy league education I served my country as a navy officer. Like my father, I enlisted for travels and to learn a trade. The navy sent me to college after a few years.
War is terrible and combat affects the soul assuming you have one. Heros downplay their heroism not seek it out to promote a political career. So while I not doing a good job of explaining this, equating terrorism to A/C indicates that Kerry lacks fundamental values for human life.
Worse than just an idiot.
+ many and thanks for your service.
Make electricity so expensive that 95% of the population no longer can afford it and you solved the problem.
Of course it would make playing Big Brother very expensive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
”The completed facility is expected to require 65 megawatts of electricity, costing about $40 million per year.”
(Mainly for cooling)
https://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/
With loonies like John Kerry (who served in Vietnam) in the corridors of power, real problems like ISIS are ignored while non-problems such as climate change get attention.
We have been ruled by elitist nincompoops for far too long.
Yes. When Trump wins, he needs to clean house.
In fact, he could probably get a lot more votes from both left and right by announcing that, when elected, he will block any funds for A/C in DC.
Do you think John F’n Kerry has air conditioning anywhere?
Watch: John Kerry bangs his head on No.10 front door 5 days ago !!
https://youtu.be/dygKRpWWW8g
D’oh !
Good to see that John Kerry ineptness is not limited to Middle Eastern politics. He is equally at home issuing air-head comments about climate issues as well!
I’ll make a bet. I’ll stay in my house the rest of the summer..without A/C. I’ll bet Herr Kerry, that he won’t last that long, A/C or not, if he tries to stay in a house…in an ISIS occupied city.
(Safe bet, huh?)
I’m hoping that Clinton joins Kerry in calling for a ban on refrigeration. I’d love to see what happens when Democrats put themselves between the voter and his ice-cold beer.
shut your air off asshole.
Where do the Dems keep finding these idiots? What next Drone attacks on AC’s…
My AC hasn’t killed anyone.
Can’t say the same for ISIS.
Okay, I’ll shut off my AC with a court order from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, large daily fines from EPA Director Gina McCarthy, and overlapping fines from globalizing UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon. But I’ll only turn it off in winter and for an equal number of days of no fossil fuel heating in the Northeast.
I get it now. He’s positioning to run to be the next Governor of California.
John Kerry:
In other words: It’s scary looking, but there is literally nothing there.
Sometimes they tell the truth without trying.
Okay, turn off all the AC units at the convention in Philly.
For the sake of the children, the AC must be turned off in Philly!
Epic battle of the brains: John Kerry vs. Jim Carrey
Kerry: Aircon as big a threat as ISIS
http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2014/State-Dept/john-kerry-deep-thoughts-ap.jpg
Carrey: Dumb, dumber and Kerry
http://www.vancouversun.com/cms/binary/8031877.jpg
Who won? You decide
No contest, one is just acting.
In the Middle East where most Islamic Terror groups actually come from the Climate is so hot Refrideration and Air Conditioning is not a luxury it’s a Nesscessity .
In Iraq between six and fourteen hours of power outages everyday certainly helped the insurgentcy
Kerry is a response to the internal admission that spying is rampant inside the State Dept. No amount of spying can figure out this crazy ant strategist extraordinaire.
Tell Mr. Kerry to move to Phoenix, Arizona. buy a house without A/C and without Refrigerator.
I’m not as educated as Mr. Kerry and I’ve said many stupid things before in my life, but this is the most stupid thing that I’ve ever heard from an educated man and specially from the Secretary State of the Greatest Country on earth.
Kerry could have been Prime Minister to Nero.
Come to think of it…….
TL;DR
Air conditioners kill 30’000 people per year?
That is a good idea. All forms of air conditioning should be banned world wide. Doing so might help in lowering human population which is way out of control.
I wonder if John Kerry considered that when he was negotiating with Saudi Arabia a year ago, in an air conditioned room, to lower the price of oil?
Doesn’t fit is AC CO2 is bad mmkay rhetoric