#shorts Kennedy: Let me ask again, maybe I’m not being clear. If we spent $50 trillion dollars to become carbon neutral by 2050 in the United States of America, how much is that going to reduce world temperatures?

Turk: This is a global problem, so we need to reduce our emissions
Kennedy: How much will it reduce if we do our part?
Turk: Well, we’re 13% of global emissions.
Kennedy: You don’t know, do you? You don’t know, do you? Can you do the math? We need to… You don’t know, do you, Mr. Secretary?
Turk: So, we’re 13%.
Kennedy: If you know, why won’t you tell me?
Turk: If we went to zero, that would be 13%.

On 5/3/2023, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, questioned the Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk. The official could not or would not provide clear answers.

Q: Let me ask again, maybe I’m not being clear, $50T how much is that going to reduce world temperatures?