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   From: edhearst@thinkprogress.org   
      
   A 76 GPA makes him dumber than Hillary, Bush, and Sarah Palin.   
   We know Obama is just as dumb as Kerry.  That's why he locked   
   down his records.   
      
   Kerry has no science background at all, that's why his climate   
   blabber is so laughable.   
      
   JAKARTA, Indonesia –  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on   
   Sunday called climate change perhaps the world's "most fearsome"   
   destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or   
   question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the   
   Earth is flat.   
      
   In a speech to Indonesian students, civic leaders and government   
   officials, Kerry tore into climate change skeptics. He accused   
   them of using shoddy science and scientists to delay steps   
   needed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases at the risk of   
   imperiling the planet.   
      
   A day earlier, the U.S. and China announced an agreement to   
   cooperate more closely on combating climate change. American   
   officials hope that will help encourage others, including   
   developing countries like Indonesia and India, to follow suit.   
      
   China and the United States are the biggest sources of emissions   
   of carbon dioxide and other gases that cause the atmosphere to   
   trap solar heat and alter the climate. Scientists say such   
   changes are leading to drought, wildfires, rising sea levels,   
   melting polar ice, plant and animal extinctions and other   
   extreme conditions.   
      
   Also in the Jakarta speech, Kerry said everyone and every   
   country must take responsibility for the problem and act   
   immediately.   
      
   "We simply don't have time to let a few loud interest groups   
   hijack the climate conversation," he said, referring to what he   
   called "big companies" that "don't want to change and spend a   
   lot of money" to act to reduce the risks.   
      
   Kerry later singled out major oil and coal concerns as the   
   primary offenders.   
      
   "We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and   
   science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific   
   facts," Kerry told the audience at a U.S. Embassy-run American   
   Center in a shopping mall.   
      
   "Nor should we allow any room for those who think that the costs   
   associated with doing the right thing outweigh the benefits."   
      
   "The science is unequivocal, and those who refuse to believe it   
   are simply burying their heads in the sand," Kerry said. "We   
   don't have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth   
   Society,"   
      
   Kerry said the cost of inaction will far outweigh the   
   significant expense of reducing greenhouse gas emissions that   
   trap solar heat in the atmosphere and contribute to the Earth's   
   rising temperatures.   
      
   He outlined a litany of recent weather disasters, particularly   
   flooding and typhoons in Asia, and their impact on commerce,   
   agriculture, fishing and daily living conditions for billions of   
   people.   
      
   "This city, this country, this region, is really on the front   
   lines of climate change," Kerry said. "It's not an exaggeration   
   to say that your entire way of life here is at risk."   
      
   He added: "In a sense, climate change can now be considered the   
   world's largest weapon of mass destruction, perhaps even, the   
   world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction."   
      
   The solution, Kerry said, is a new global energy policy that   
   shifts reliance from fossil fuels to cleaner technologies. He   
   noted the President Barack Obama is championing such a shift and   
   encouraged others to appeal to their leaders to join.   
      
   The U.S.-China statement issued just after Kerry left Beijing on   
   Saturday said the two countries agreed on steps to carry out   
   commitments to curb greenhouse gases, including reducing vehicle   
   emissions, improving energy efficiency of buildings and other   
   measures.   
      
   Beijing and Washington launched a climate change discussion last   
   year, promising progress in five areas: reducing vehicle   
   emissions; advanced electric power grids; capturing and storing   
   carbon emissions; gathering greenhouse gas data; and building   
   efficiency.   
      
   Kerry was in Indonesia on the last leg of a three-nation tour of   
   Asia that started in South Korea. After leaving Indonesia on   
   Monday, he planned to visit Abu Dhabi in the United Arab   
   Emirates.   
      
   Before the climate change speech, Kerry toured Jakarta's   
   Istiqlal Mosque, one of the largest in the world, to pay his   
   respects to Indonesia's Muslim majority population.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/16/secretary-state-kerry-   
   lashes-out-at-climate-change-skeptics/   
      
       
      
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