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Brian Kemp and the Electric Car: A Love Story
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 04, 2023 04:11pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Alexander Burns |
| News Date | Friday, January 13, 2023 09:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ATLANTA — Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Georgia, says he does not think a lot about climate change. He cares about environmental stewardship, he explains, in the way hunters and farmers do. He has noticed, too, that Georgia’s coastal roads are flooding more these days.
But when it comes to assessing whether human-caused carbon emissions are warming the planet, Kemp disclaims any expertise. He reminds me that he is not a scientist, retreating to generalities.
“I wouldn’t think I’d be the right person to speak on that,” Kemp says.
He does not outright reject climate science, but he is equivocal: “Look, I think man causes all kinds of problems every single day, whether it’s violent criminals — I’m sure there’s effects on the environment from people that do things the right way and people that don’t.”
For a non-scientist who is unsure about the impact of carbon emissions, Kemp has thrown himself into the task of constructing a clean-energy economy with impressive ferocity. A former real estate developer who wears cowboy boots with his suit and scrunches his brow in the fashion of George W. Bush, the 59-year-old Kemp has emerged as a curious figure on the American right: a conservative hardliner whose enthusiasm for tax cuts and guns is matched by his passion for charging stations and battery recycling. |
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