'You Don't Know, Do You?' Senator Presses Biden Official on Green Energy Costs

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August 4, 2023

Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) had a simple question for Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk about the cost of green energy reforms at a May 3 hearing.

“If we spend 50 trillion dollars to seek carbon neutrality by 2050 how much is that going to lower world temperatures?”

Much to the senator’s exasperation, the Biden administration official wouldn’t provide a specific answer.

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