Trump Picks Avid Climate Denier As Energy Secretary Nominee

Donald Trump isn't surprising anyone with his pick over the past couple of days for U.S. Energy Secretary.  

Fracking executive Chris Wright was just picked by Trump
to be U.S. Energy Secretary.  Wright says climate change
is no biggie and we should drill, baby, drill 

The lucky winner is Chris Wright, the head of fracking company Liberty Energy.  And you guessed, it, our buddy Chris thinks climate change is just a bunch of hooey. 

Per the Washington Post:

"The fracking executive runs a foundation focused on dispelling the conventional wisdom on climate change and promoting expanded fossil energy production as a solution to many of the world's problems, an approach others say would drive dangerous levels of warming."

Wright actually does think the climate is changing, but he also thinks it's no biggie. Let's hear from Wright himself, with this quote:

"There is no 'climate crisis,' he said. "The only thing resembling a crisis with respect to climate change is the regressive, opportunity-squelching policies justified in the name of climate change."

The news outlets have been telling us all this about Wright, too. the past couple days

As ABC News reports:

"He has argued that policies aimed at reducing the impact of climate change are misguided and alarmist, describing the terms climate crisis energy transition, carbon pollution, clean energy and dirty energy as 'destructive deceptions;' and 'nonsense.'

Wright claims that any negative impacts of climate change are 'clearly overwhelmed by the benefits of increasing energy consumption' and believes that extreme weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes and floods have not increased because of climate change."

As NPR points out, Wright's opinion there "contradicts the U.S government's own National Climate Assessment, which concluded that climate change is increasing 'the frequency and severity of many types of extreme weather events,' including contributing to more intense hurricanes, heat waves and flooding."

All this makes me more worried that the Trump administration will just wipe out any government information that relates to climate change, and send scientists who study this critical issue packing. 

Then, we'll all be gaslighted big time by "government reports" or what have you that lie about what is going on with climate, weather extremes and such. 

 A thing I've never truly  understood about climate deniers: To them, the only reason people are sounding the alarm over the issue is that for some reason they want to destroy the economy, make people eat only nuts and berries and end normal society. 

 I mean, huh?

Wright's blindness toward climate science is striking. Of course, I don't know the motivation. Willful ignorance? Or he doesn't want to stop getting rich off fossil fuels?   I'll bet our next weather disaster declaration that has to be part of the issue here. 

Wright's obviously a smart guy. He's got a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a masters degree in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute Technology. 

I also so far haven't heard anything about Wright's background that suggests he's completely off the rails, unlike some Trump picks so far. 

Wright should already be happy with the Biden administration, which might surprise you.

ABC News notes:

"In 2023, during the Biden administration, the United States broke a record for domestic oil production. The U.S. produced more crude oil that any other country in history - an average of 12.9 million barrels per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration."

Yes, the Biden administration has also been investing in clean energy. But those who think we've let domestic oil and gas production fall by the wayside are definitely mistaken.