Direct quotes,
that are related
to the climate
follow the
introduction
below:
introduction
below:
The transcript is from
The White House, but
I don't know if actual
words spoken were
exactly the same.
Most of the speech
was about economics,
which makes sense
for a World Economic
Forum.
I don't believe
climate change
even deserved
to be mentioned,
EXCEPT for the very
expensive proposals
being made to replace
the inexpensive,
steady, reliable
fossil fuel sources
of electricity,
with expensive,
intermittent,
unreliable solar
and wind power.
President Trump Speech
at Davos, Switzerland:
THE CLIMATE RELATED QUOTES:
"Today, I’m pleased to announce the United States will join One Trillion Trees Initiative being launched here at the World Economic Forum.
One Trillion Trees. (Applause.)
And in doing so, we will continue to show strong leadership in restoring, growing, and better managing our trees and our forests.
... But to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse.
They are the heirs of yesterday’s foolish fortune-tellers — and I have them and you have them, and we all have them, and they want to see us do badly, but we don’t let that happen.
They predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the ’70s, and an end of oil in the 1990s.
These alarmists always demand the same thing: absolute power to dominate, transform, and control every aspect of our lives.
We will never let radical socialists destroy our economy, wreck our country, or eradicate our liberty.
America will always be the proud, strong, and unyielding bastion of freedom.
In America, we understand what the pessimists refuse to see: that a growing and vibrant market economy focused on the future lifts the human spirit and excites creativity strong enough to overcome any challenge — any challenge by far.
The great scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century — from penicillin, to high-yield wheat, to modern transportation, and breakthrough vaccines — have lifted living standards and saved billions of lives around the world."