Greta Thunberg ridicules John Kerry over his latest suggestion on global warming



Climate activist Greta Thunberg lashed out at U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry over his latest suggestion about combatting global warming.

Kerry simply suggested that technological advancements will play a key role in lessening carbon emissions in an interview with BBC that aired on Sunday.

"I am told by scientists, not by anybody in politics but by scientists, that 50% of the reductions we have to make to get to net zero by 2050 or 2045, as soon as we can, 50% of those reductions are going to come from technologies that we don't yet have," Kerry said.

"That's just a reality," he added. "And people who are realistic about this understand that's part of the challenge."

Kerry, 77, was arguing that Americans won't necessarily need to drastically change their lifestyle in order to curb emissions because of expected advancements by tech companies.

Thunberg took to Twitter to ridicule Kerry and characterize his argument as one of pure fantasy.

"Great news! I spoke to Harry Potter and he said he will team up with Gandalf, Sherlock Holmes & The Avengers and get started right away!" she mocked.

"50% of the carbon reductions needed to get to net zero will come from technologies that have not yet been invented… https://t.co/puTpUUEEMk

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) 1621184435.0

She also retweeted a response to Kerry from climate scientist Michael Mann.

"This is one trial balloon that needs to be popped," he tweeted with a link to Kerry's comments.

Mann went on to accuse Kerry of participating in "pernicious technophilia" that had "infected" public discourse and blamed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for popularizing the idea that technological advances offered hope to lessen carbon emissions.

Despite his misgivings, Mann praised the Biden administration for their global warming policies in his own interview with BBC News.

Kerry defended his comments to Axios by referring to a finding from the International Energy Agency.

"IEA analysis shows that about half the reductions to get to net zero emissions in 2050 will need to come from technologies that are not yet ready for market," said IEA chief Fatih Birol in April.

Here's more about Biden's carbon emissions promises:

Biden seeks to reduce US carbon emissions in half by 2030www.youtube.com

Vogue slammed for 'completely insane' article asking if having a baby is 'environmental vandalism'



A British Vogue article caught the ire of the internet for asking the question, "Is having a baby in 2021 pure environmental vandalism?" The author suggested that people should consider the "current climate emergency" before procreating, despite that she had already given birth to a baby and saying that she would gladly bring another human being into the world.

"For the scientifically-engaged person, there are few questions more troubling when looking at the current climate emergency than that of having a baby," Nell Frizzell wrote in the fashion magazine. "Whether your body throbs to reproduce, you passively believe that it is on the cards for you one day, or you actively seek to remain child-free, the declining health of the planet cannot help but factor in your thinking."

Frizzell claimed that before she got pregnant that she "worried feverishly about the strain on the earth's resources that another Western child would add," including the food he ate and the electricity the baby would use. The writer also panicked over a possible dystopian future on a planet with no water and crops that her son would live in decades from now when he is an elderly man.

Despite her professed overwhelming fears, Frizzell got pregnant and brought another person into the world.

"And yet, like millions of others, I did it anyway," Frizzell said. "I had a baby. I'd have another if my partner agreed."

Frizzell attempted to justify her decision to have a child by stating that everyone who has a baby needs to be "learning to live within our environmental means, of turning away from the fever of consumerism and overturning a political system that rewards a tiny rich minority at the expense of everyone else."

Frizzell's Malthusian argument was challenged by Human Progress, an organization that presents evidence from individual scholars, academic institutions, and international organizations to show "dramatic improvements in human well-being throughout much of the world."

"Children do not strain the world's resources," the Cato Institute-linked organization wrote on Twitter. "In fact, the opposite is true: each new child is correlated with an increase in resource abundance."

Another dubious claim in the article: "Pollution now kills more people than tobacco – and three times as many as AI… https://t.co/YO1vIVW9ln
— HumanProgress.org (@HumanProgress.org)1619577611.0

There was backlash to the article questioning the morals of childbearing Westerners.

"The View" co-host Meghan McCain responded to the piece by saying, "NOT TODAY SATAN!"

Insider columnist Josh Barro wrote, "These people are completely insane. This is an issue for your therapist, not for a major fashion magazine."

Political commentator Liz Wheeler reacted by tweeting, "This is crazy. If you don't have a baby, that won't do a THING to impact the climate. But you'll deprive yourself of the greatest joy you've ever known... & the world a new soul. Plant a tree. Go to church. Stop voting for Democrats. And have a baby."

Emily Domenech, senior policy adviser for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, lampooned the article, "'For the scientifically-engaged person, there are few questions more troubling when looking at the current climate emergency than that of having a baby.' This is unscientific trash, much like the rest of this deeply silly article. If you are lucky enough to have a partner, have a baby! Don't let them scare you — this beautiful planet full of innovative people will continue to survive and thrive. So many of us will never get this opportunity. Don't waste your chance to be a parent because of unscientific fear-mongering."

Ricochet editor Bethany S. Mandel tweeted, "The breeders will inherit the Earth."

Turning Point media administrator Reagan Escudé Scott shot back, "Nothing motivates me to have children more than garbage takes like this. I can't wait to have 10+ kids just to spite these loons."

Evolutionary psychologist and professor Gad Saad responded with snark, "I apologize to @GretaThunberg, to @AOC, and to @JohnKerry for having had children. I will try to starve them to offset their carbon footprint. Again, my apologies. I'll do better."

Radio host Erick Erickson quipped, "Really alarming that Vogue would let a person write this piece and presume the gender of her child before the child could decide for itself."

One Twitter user joked, "Did Thanos write this?"

Greta Thunberg can't name single policy when confronted after saying Biden is not aggressive enough on climate



Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg claimed Sunday that President Joe Biden's climate policies are not aggressive enough to combat the challenges of climate change.

But when pressed to name a specific policy for Biden to enact, Thunberg was unable to name a single one.

What did Thunberg say?

Speaking with MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, Thunberg, 18, said that Biden's climate policies thus far are "not nearly enough in line with the science."

"That's not me saying that, that's just black and white, looking at the facts," Thunberg claimed.

When pressed on what specific policies Biden should enact to align his administration with science, Thunberg only said that Biden should "treat the climate crisis like a crisis" instead of engaging the climate like a "political topic among other topics."

But Hasan pressed further.

"Is there a specific policy, or if he rang you up and said, 'Greta, what should I do? I can wave a presidential magic wand executively. What should I do that I'm not?' What would you say to him?" Hasan asked.

Thunberg again did not offer a specific policy.

"Well, nothing, because that's not democratic. I mean, an elected leader cannot do anything without support from voters, and I would not want anyone to do anything that would not have the support because that would be undemocratic, and democracy is the most precious thing that we have and we must not risk that," she said. "So, what we need now is to raise awareness and create public opinion to treat the crisis like a crisis."

“I would just like [Biden] to treat the climate crisis like a crisis,” @GretaThunberg tells me on the… https://t.co/xlwT752Gmc
— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1615172162.0

Thunberg endorsed Biden for president last year.

What has Biden done?

Contrary to what Thunberg believes, Biden has taken significant steps to advance the progressive climate agenda.

Not only did Biden cancel the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, but Biden signed an executive order on his first full day in office suspending "new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters," the Associated Press reported. Biden's order also applied to coal leases and permits.

Meanwhile, just hours after being inaugurated president, Biden rejoined the Paris climate agreement.

Biden also has established a new Cabinet-level position in his administration, appointing John Kerry to be the first ever White House climate czar.

Indeed, one of Biden's key campaign promises included rolling back Trump-era climate policies to focus on "environmental justice."

"The Biden plan will make a historic investment in our clean energy future and environmental justice, paid for by rolling back the Trump tax incentives that enrich corporations at the expense of American jobs and the environment," Biden's campaign website reads.