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 Chris Wright, the CEO of Liberty Energy and a donor to Trump’s campaign, said in 2023 that there is no climate crisis or ongoing energy transition. He is going to be the DOE boss.

ARE YOU CONCERNED?

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-chris-wright-liberty-doe-energy-department/733178/

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Anonymous said…
Project 2025 clearly emphasizes fossil fuels, rolling back renewable energy programs and clean energy incentives, which could hinder progress on climate goals and job creation in green sectors. We don't have 4 years to waste to teach our climate goals. I am concerned as should anyone who cares about our common home: earth.
Anonymous said…
What does project 2025 have to with anything?
Anonymous said…
“Chevron's Potential Exit from California, Threaten Domestic Fuel Supply”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Axc819hVLo

Result? CA will continue to import energy that is produced
with far more pollutants than if produced in CA.

“Environmental rules stoke anger as California lets precious stormwater wash out to sea”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-20/anger-flares-as-california-stormwater-washes-out-to-sea

Yes, you “don't have 4 years to waste” Left wing extremists in CA should resign, be recalled, or voted out.
Anonymous said…
You know, most good physicists believe in the many-worlds theory. If that is true, we don't have to worry about Trump's policies or whether they cause human extinction as there will be many other worlds where this does not take place. And certainly, as a separate point, many Americans believe in a so-called "rapture" in which they personally will be rescued from an earth which is all but uninhabitable.
Anonymous said…
If DOE could survive Hazel O'Leary and Bill Richardson, they can get through with this guy.
Anonymous said…


"You know, most good physicists believe in the many-worlds theory."

No they don't.

Where do you come up with stuff?
Anonymous said…
Last time I checked, climate warrior was not in the NNSA agency description. I'm not sure how this has one bit of impact on anything we should be doing in the weapons labs, other than some wannabe college professors who couldn't get a tenured position may have to find another career path
Anonymous said…
8:23 -- Yes, I've heard that some physicists don't believe that, but perhaps those are not the "good" ones. Vaidman recorded this video discussing that:

https://youtu.be/EXRxVs7A4BY?si=4BCUwY2swDplm-WX
Anonymous said…
7:06 -- also the rapture for everyone may not be a sure thing, the Bible evidently promises believers that the Lord will "destroy those who destroy the earth" and so forth, and that not everyone will be saved if they fail to carry out his will.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2011:16-18&version=NIV

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%207:21&version=NIV

Of course, destroying the earth may not be an ecological reference, it could simply be an admonition not to wage unjust wars, or not to create dystopian, oppressive, or unjust conditions.
Anonymous said…
Many worlds is useless because you cannot communicate among them. Also, you can neither prove or disprove the picture. But go ahead and try. I enjoy seeing people wasting their lives.
Anonymous said…
" Yes, I've heard that some physicists don't believe"

Some? This is simply not accurate. There are very few that actually believe the many worlds interpretation. In fact even the many worlds version can be interpreted mathematically and not as actual "other" worlds. There are many other interpretations for quantum mechanics. Quantum foundations has been around since quantum quantum was formulated, and there seems to be no consensus that there is some deeper theory, or that it is incomplete. A lot of the issues are just philosophical in nature and come about when one rejects nonlocality, realism, or assume there must be some hidden variables and so on. It is very difficult to distinguish if one interpretation is actually correct or not. In fact most physicists fall in to the "shut up and calculate" camp, and that is in practice what most of physics using quantum mechanics are doing. Arguing if something is many worlds versus consistent histories is more for philosophy rather than understating most quantum systems. Sure there are smart people who like many worlds on more philosophical point of view, and it is fun to watch Youtube channels on it but it is simply incorrect to say most physicists believe the many worlds interpretation. Perhaps you are thinking of the recent Google Willow machine saying that quantum computing is doing calculations in other universes? Sure the Willow result is nice but these guys got a lot of flack for claiming computing "other universes" . There seems to be a lot of hype associated with quantum stuff right now, likely fueled by all the companies that are pushing quantum technologies and wanting their stock price to grow. A whole lot of this is hype.

Anonymous said…
11:33 -- Could it be that we may just happen to be in a very unusual universe, where most physicists don't think properly by some sort of random coincidence. Maybe the universes with the so-called good physicists were all destroyed somehow, for example they could have told people not to worry about human extinction since there would be many other worlds where this does not take place?
Anonymous said…
Back to the concern of the DOE Secretary nominee, here's his take on North Face's call for their boycott of fossil fuel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0UjtGCgU4&t=46s
Anonymous said…
I have known some optimistic people who were in relatively influential positions at NASA and the Lab (LLNL). They believed humans would eventually get it together and act to curb the most disastrous outcomes of Climate Change. Now, that the Earth has passed the 1.5 degree C threshold, I believe more than ever that real science has been clouded by special interests and that Climate catastrophes will present an emergency only after it is too late.

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