'Do you believe in the tooth fairy? Do you believe in the Easter bunny?'
During a Senate Budget Committee climate hearing, former Goldman Sachs partner Robert Litterman said he believed China was willing to act "in the global best interest" on climate change.
"I think that President Xi understands that we have to work together to address this global problem, yes I do," said Litterman, who was invited to testify at the hearing by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.). "It is in China's best interest to work with the rest of the world to address this problem."
Litterman's praise for Xi flies in the face of the Chinese leader's recent rhetoric on green energy. Last year, Xi promised to prioritize "energy security, industrial supply chain security, and food security" over the fight against climate change, which he said should not threaten "normal life." China—which emits more carbon per year than the entire developed world combined—has also failed to honor its pledge to ditch coal-fired power in favor of green energy, particularly as the communist nation faces...
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4 comments:
The left will say absolutely anything, except the truth.
China is continuously crowing about how much they're doing to "combat climate change", whatever that means, while simultaneously cranking out more than half of the new coal and natural gas power plants on earth! With no plans to peak until 2030!
You always get the feeling from these types that they were not well liked by their peers when they were children.
Naive in epic proportions! This guy is an idiot or running a scam. I can go 50:50 either way.
I think most of financial industy's interest in climate change is just for marketing purposes. They have no real knowledge one way or the other about the physics. They just see an opportunity to leverage politicians into allowing them to make a huge amount of money.
Woulda been nice if'n the Senator had asked him instead...
...'Then why is China building new megawatt coal plants every 2 weeks?'!!!
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