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Corey Stapleton:
Free-market capitalism is key to addressing global warming
Stapleton says the current trade wars are emblematic of a global shift toward protectionism,
and adds that he thinks free-market capitalism is key to addressing global issues like the warming climate and poverty.
Source: Montana Free Press on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Sep 24, 2019
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
Climate crisis used to push totalitarian controls on society
In recent interviews, he claims climate science is too complex and abstract to explain and that, "I can't independently verify that." He also says that the climate crisis is being used to push through "totalitarian controls on society"
orchestrated "by the World Economic Forum, Bill Gates, and all of these megabillionaires."
Source: The Guardian on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Jun 14, 2023
Stephen Laffey:
Nuclear power plant needs less land than wind or solar
One square mile is needed for a nuclear power plant to power over half a million homes. To power the same amount of homes, a solar power facility would take up 75 times more land.
A wind farm is less reliable than a nuclear power plant, and takes 360 times the amount of land to power the same amount of homes. These numbers are madness!
Source: Substack OpEd by 2023 Presidential hopefuls
May 11, 2023
Francis Suarez:
Climate change is a serious threat; reduce emissions
On Climate Change: He has pursued significant emission reductions in Miami. Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Miami has acknowledged that climate change is a serious threat--one that is
already hurting his city, he wrote in 2019 in a New York Times opinion essay with the former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
Source: N.Y. Times on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Aug 18, 2023
Nikki Haley:
There can be solar and wind, but you can't do it tomorrow
Let's talk about what we want to do if we want to focus on energy. What we don't want to do is go hat in hand to Saudi Arabia or get dirty oil from Iran or Venezuela. What we do want to do is look at what does transitioning look like. You can't do it
tomorrow, but what you can do is transition and that's where we say that let's do an all-of-the-above energy approach. Yes, there can be solar. Yes, there can be wind, but you can't do it tomorrow.
Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2023 Presidential primary hopefuls
Jul 30, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
Stop subsidizing carbon--and nuclear plants cost too much
Q: What about Biden's energy plan?KENNEDY: The Inflation Reduction Act was hijacked by industry by particularly the carbon industry. There's $173 billion in subsidies in that Act for carbon capture; we need free market capitalism. We need to end the
subsidies to the carbon industry. You can build a solar plant for about a billion dollars in gigawatt. A coal plant is $3.6 billion a gigawatt. A nuc plant is $14 billion a gigawatt.
Q: Yeah, but nuclear is always on.
KENNEDY: No, it isn't.
No, they have more maintenance outages in nuclear power plants than almost any other sector.
Q: What is your view on nuclear power?
KENNEDY: I'm all for it if they ever make it safe and if they ever make it economic. We can make energy by burning
prime rib. Why wouldn't we take the cheapest form of energy possible. Get rid of the subsidies--there's $5.2 trillion in subsidies annually for carbon. There are small subsidies relatively small for wind and solar.
Source: CNBC "Last Call" interview with 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Aug 30, 2023
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