#shorts Kennedy: “You don’t know do you? You just want us to spend $50 trillion, and you don’t have the slightest idea whether it’s going to reduce world temperatures. Now I’m all for carbon neutrality, but you’re the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy, and you’re advocating we spend trillions of dollars to seek carbon neutrality and you can’t—and this isn’t your money or my money, this is taxpayer money—and you can’t tell me how much it’s going to lower world temperatures or you won’t tell me? You know, but you won’t.”

Turk: In my heart of hearts, there is no way the world gets its act together on climate change unless the US leads.
Kennedy: Tell me how much.

Kennedy: You can’t tell me either, or you won’t. The United States needs… I still have a few seconds. I have 22 seconds. I’m going to use them in a different way. Mr. Secretary, shame on you for not answering the questions.

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: you don’t have slightest idea to reduce world temperatures? shame on you for not answering questions