1. "The oxygen we breathe certainly isn't a contaminant; it keeps us alive." What happens if you breathe pure oxygen, Tyler Durden? You die.
2. "A couple of weeks ago, we had some really cold weather here, and I am glad that we had some global warming so it didn't get any colder than that." That cold weather is a result of global warming.
3. “The San Rafael swell is an area that’s very dry and the plants struggle to get along down there, and they have adapted to work during the nighttime when they open their stomata and take in the carbon dioxide and release a little water vapor and oxygen, so that’s an adaptation that they’ve done, but they’re really carbon dioxide starved.” They aren’t trying to avoid the heat and the sun with that adaptation?
4. “Back in the dinosaur times, the cretaceous, we had about 600 parts per million, and things grew pretty well back then. We had huge trees that eventually became our coal deposits; the dinosaurs seemed to get along quite well with that amount of carbon dioxide.” The dinosaurs died. Props for helping the next species getting their coal deposits.
5. “Climate is changing. Weather changes; it happens every day, and that’s why we have weather reports so we know what’s coming because there’s nothing definite.” Would someone please explain the difference between climate and weather – not the same thing?
Retired science teacher... GFY, Utah, well played. Congratulations to Price and the Carbon and Emery county areas for sending this representative to the state legislature.
On the other hand, maybe I should be happier that it gives me something to write about.
Who is your favorite dumb politician and what did he or she say to earn the recognition?