Greta Thunberg Dunks On John Kerry, Compares His Proposals To Harry Potter

This past weekend, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said that yet-to-be-invented technologies will account for 50% of the carbon reductions required to achieve “net zero” emissions. The former Secretary of State also stated that people “don’t have to give up a quality of life” in order to reduce emissions.

“You don’t have to give up a quality of life to achieve some of the things that we know we have to achieve. That’s the brilliance of some of the things that we know how to do,” he told BBC One’s Andrew Marr show, according to The Guardian. “I am told by scientists that 50% of the reductions we have to make to get to net zero are going to come from technologies that we don’t yet have. That’s just a reality.”

“And people who are realistic about this understand that’s part of the challenge. So we have to get there sooner rather than later,” Kerry added.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg slammed Kerry, mocking his “optimism” as akin to works of fiction such as Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.

“Great news! I spoke to Harry Potter and he said he will team up with Gandalf, Sherlock Holmes & The Avengers and get started right away!” Thunberg tweeted.

“50% of the carbon reductions needed to get to net zero will come from technologies that have not yet been invented”

Great news! I spoke to Harry Potter and he said he will team up with Gandalf, Sherlock Holmes & The Avengers and get started right away! https://t.co/oW8oI2Fryb

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) May 16, 2021

Thunberg was not the only critic of Kerry’s claims. According to BBC News, Julian Allwood, professor of engineering and the environment at the University of Cambridge, said, “It’s virtually impossible for new energy infrastructure technologies to have a significant effect on global emissions in the time we have left to act.”

“Firstly,” Allwood said, “the new idea is developed from laboratory through increasing pilot scales to initial introduction to national systems. We have to solve physical and operational issues, solve problems with integration, develop legal and environmental regulations, understand financing requirements and explore social consent as the first accidents occur. Growth then occurs at a linear rate, as government appetite for risk is constrained, and the incumbent technology fights to avoid closure.”

“Despite politicians’ wishful thinking,” he added, “the most important innovation opportunities will be not about new technologies, but new businesses in areas such as remote working.”

Dr Jen Baxter, a spokesperson for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, stated that Kerry “seems very optimistic” regarding his proposed timeline.

Thunberg has been outspoken on the subject of climate change on multiple occasions. In April, Thunberg “slammed” Congress on Earth Day for continuing to subsidize fossil fuels.

“Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg chastised politicians at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, which is Earth Day, for being slow to act on climate change and for subsidizing fossil fuels, charging that they still fail to understand the full implications of climate change,” reported Forbes.

“The fact we are still having this discussion, and even more that we are still subsidizing fossil fuels directly or indirectly using taxpayer money, is a disgrace,” Thunberg said.

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