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Summary
Chris Wright, Donald Trump’s energy secretary nominee, faced criticism during his Senate confirmation hearing for downplaying links between climate change and wildfires, calling concerns “hype.”
Democrats, including California Senator Alex Padilla, challenged his stance, citing catastrophic wildfires in the state.
Wright acknowledged climate change is real and caused by increased CO2 levels but defended expanded fossil fuel use, arguing energy sources have tradeoffs rather than being “clean” or “dirty.”
Despite opposition, Senate Republicans support his nomination, while scientists confirm climate change exacerbates wildfire frequency and severity.
Looks like Idiocracy came early.
Idiocracy would be a substantial improvement over current circumstances.
Nope. We aren’t going to have a President who listens to the experts around him and tries to find solutions to the problems. Idiocracy is a movie about a timeline where we made terrible mistakes in the past but are trying to make things better with the limitations we now have. That isn’t this timeline.