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posted by on Saturday April 01 2017, @05:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the sounds-logical dept.

Scott Wagner is an American businessman and state senator from the state of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Republican Party. What did he say?

"I haven't been in a science class in a long time, but the earth moves closer to the sun every year-you know the rotation of the earth," Wagner, a York County state senator, said, according to StateImpact Pennsylvania. "We're moving closer to the sun."

He added, according to StateImpact's Katie Meyer, that, "We have more people. You know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off? Things are changing, but I think we are, as a society, doing the best we can."

I haven't been in a science class in a long time...


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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:31AM (2 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:31AM (#487544) Journal

    What kind of politician is this, that doesn't blame the opposition for the crises?

    Here, Senator, what about: "The energy expenditure and increased friction from the fapping caused by the degenerate democrat agenda liberaliziong pornography have caused global warming. The link between porn consumption and warming is scientifically a fact. Do not mention warming till you stop such degeneracy!!!".

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:41AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:41AM (#487546)

    Don't joke. This is what 1/2 the country believes and we must respect their precious beee-leeeeeefs.

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/05/bicyclists_as_polluters/ [theregister.co.uk]

    US lawmaker blames bicycle breath for global warming gas
    'Increased heart rate and respiration' pollutes Washington
    5 Mar 2013 at 02:03, Rik Myslewski

    Ed Orcutt, who lists "Tax relief" at the top of his legislative priorities and who was 2000's Washington Young Republican Federation Man of the Year, emailed the owner of a Tacoma, Washington, bike shop who had written him to protest a proposed tax on bicycles, part of a larger state transportation bill.

    Although he noted that he was "not a fan" of many tax proposals, Orcutt argued that "it only makes sense that bicyclists would also be required to pay for the 'roads' they use when they are actually biking on them." He then added his belief that two-wheeled transport is polluting the environment:

            You claim that it is environmentally friendly to ride a bike. But if I am not mistaken, a cyclists [sic] has an increased heart rate and respiration. That means that the act of riding a bike results in greater emissions of carbon dioxide from the rider. Since CO2 is deemed to be a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, bicyclists are actually polluting when they ride.

    When contacted by the Seattle Bike Blog, representative Orcutt stuck to his guns. "You would be giving off more CO2 if you are riding a bike than driving in a car," he said, but he admitted that he had not "done any analysis" on the amount of that EPA-identified globe-warmer produced by spandex-wearing devotees of two-wheel locomotion as compared to that which is spewed from the tailpipes of the gas-guzzling vehicles driven by Washington's 6.9 million residents.

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @06:00PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @06:00PM (#487684)

      It's absolutely, accidentally true. You would be giving off more CO2 while cycling than riding in a car. The car would emit much more CO2, but that's not what he said, is it?