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J. D. Vance: “If you think that carbon is the most significant thing, the…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Joe Rogan Experience #2221 - JD Vance - Part 1

Published | Video Starts at 1:27:40

And you know, if you really think like, if you really think that carbon. This is another reason why I'm somewhat skeptical of like the carbon obsessives is If you think that carbon is the most significant thing, the sole focus of American civilization should be to reduce the carbon footprint of the world, then you would be investing in nuclear in a big way. And then when you say that, the environmentalists say, well, you've got all these poison rocks to deal with afterwards. Well, the poison rocks problem is a less significant problem than the carbon problem. (1:27:40–1:27:58)

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Asserts that if carbon reduction is a priority, significant investment should be made in nuclear energy.

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