tiernan mentioned how china's leading the way in terms of renewable energy. they manufacture quite a bit, they recognize that there are governments that impose mandates and subsidies, china does music, 80 plus percent of their electricity is coming from coal power. they are not stupid enough to se it. one final point regarding mortality. what we do know, when you look at the peer-reviewed studies, the lancet which is the leading medical publication in the world. they looked at globally how many deaths are caused by sub optimal temperatures and climate, and they compared how many were caused by temperatures that were too warm or too cold. they found by a 20:1 ratio, 25 people died at more of colder temperatures than warm temperatures, that is 7% of the orld's death caused by sub optimal temperatures and by a 20:1 ratio those deaths were caused by colder temperature. that's what she's trying to ombat. host: we will let her respond. guest: these views are so fringy, the majority republicans in this country believe climate change is happening, they ignored humans

tiernan mentioned how china's leading the way in terms of renewable energy. china certainly manufactures quite a bit because they recognize that they are suckers in the western world. mandates and subsidies, but china does not realize it. one final point regarding mortality, she has mentioned human death rates many times. when you look at the peer-reviewed studies, the lancet which is the leading , medical publication in the world. they looked at globally how many deaths are caused by sub optimal temperatures and climate, and they compared how many were caused by temperatures that were too warm or too cold. what they found is that by a 20 to one ratio, 20 more people died from colder temperatures and persistent cold temperatures than warm temperatures. deaths 7% of the world's caused by sub optimal temperatures. by i-20 part -- by i-20 to one -- by a 20 to one ratio, this test -- those deaths were caused by colder temperatures. host: we will let her respond. guest: these views are so fringy, the majority republicans in this country believe climate change is h

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