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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:05 PM Jan 2018

Rick Perry: US not just exporting energy, were exporting freedom

Energy Secretary Rick Perry characterized the Trump administration’s energy agenda as a world-changing development that spreads freedom around the globe.

Perry framed exports of fossil fuels like oil, natural gas and coal as a central part of Trump’s “Energy Dominance” agenda, in which the administration is aiming to dramatically increase the domestic production of fossil fuels.

“The United States is not just exporting energy, we’re exporting freedom,” Perry said on Fox Business’s “Mornings with Maria” in an interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“We’re exporting to our allies in Europe the opportunity to truly have a choice of where do you buy your energy from. That’s freedom. And that kind of freedom is priceless.”

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http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/370468-perry-us-is-not-just-exporting-energy-were-exporting-freedom

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Rick Perry: US not just exporting energy, were exporting freedom (Original Post) n2doc Jan 2018 OP

Idiot. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

That kind of "freedom" is not "priceless" genxlib Jan 2018 #11

he is so dumb. He sounds funny trying to sound smart SummerSnow Jan 2018 #2

Europe thinks we are idiotic janterry Jan 2018 #3

Jeez Va Lefty Jan 2018 #4

His smart glasses ain't working so good dalton99a Jan 2018 #5

I don't think his "smart phone" mikeysnot Jan 2018 #6

I wondered where it went. dchill Jan 2018 #7

I have been wondering the same Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #8

Rick Perry exports flatulence C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #9

yes we are exporting freedom DBoon Jan 2018 #10

Governor Goodhair is too stupid for this job Gothmog Jan 2018 #12

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,734 posts)

1. Idiot.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:07 PM

Jan 2018

genxlib

(5,528 posts)

11. That kind of "freedom" is not "priceless"

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:06 PM

Jan 2018

It has a definitive price and we have sold our sold to earn that price tag.

The only way it can be considered "priceless" is in the unmeasured cost to the environment and the additional climate change it will cause.

Rick Perry was right about one thing. It was reported that he thought the role of the Energy Secretary was to be the "global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry ". He was seriously wrong at the time but apparently that is what the Energy Secretary does now.