scott pruitt, the former epa commissioner proposed to president trump, well let s have a debate. let s set up a red and blue team debate. it is really hard to find somebody on the other side of the debate. but they found one. his name is william happener. he s a former princeton atomic physicist who also worked for right-wing think tanks which are funded by petro chemical dollars and he had this analogy about too much carbon in the atmosphere. this is from a few years ago. take a listen. you know, i get called a denier and anyone who objects to all of the hype gets called a denier. that is supposed to make me a holocaust denier. i m getting tired of that. and the comment i made was the demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor jews under hit lear. carbon dioxide is a benefit to
that he s also considering setting up a committee to oversee climate change policy in the government. and one of the heading up to committee say guy named william happer. an atomic physicist, not a climate to gift,. one of the things he s famous for talking about is how he sees carbon dioxide, which is the greenhouse gas that traps all kinds of energy inside the atmosphere leading to global warming, he says it s misunderstood. he says it gets a bad wrap. and he s also been quoted repeatedly for saying that there s if you will, a bit of a connection between this greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, and the way jewish people were treated during world war ii. listen. the demonization of carbon