President-elect Donald Trump went on a wild rant Tuesday at a Palm Beach press conference where he rambled on a variety of subjects — including the benefits of “gas heat.”
Trump began his energy-focused train of thought by denouncing President Joe Biden’s last-minute executive action to permanently ban future oil and gas development in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He also threatened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the process.
“We’re going to have a smooth transition, and then they take 625 million acres and they essentially landmark it so you can’t ever drill there again,” he said.”Well, we’re going to be drilling soon. We’re going to be opening up ANWR, we’re going to be doing all sorts of things that nobody ever thought was even possible. But remember, when — and just to get off the subject, because I couldn’t believe it when I heard it yesterday — I couldn’t believe the size of it. I mean, you put down a map and put this out, it’s just massive! And remember that, that’s worth probably, I mean, I’ve had estimates, 40- to $50 trillion. That’s more than our national debt! Essentially, he’s thrown it away. He’s thrown it away.”
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Trump then shifted to talking about gas heat — which he claimed President Joe Biden was trying to ban in homes.
“One other thing he did yesterday, which was, in many ways, worse. It’s hard to believe it can be worse. He wants all gas heaters out of your homes and apartments. He wants them to be replaced by, essentially, electric heaters. I don’t know what it is with electric. This guy loves electric! We’re going to be ending the electric car mandate quickly, by the way. This guy loves electric, and he, we don’t have enough electricity. ” … He wants everybody to have an electric heater instead of a gas heater. Gas heater is much less expensive. The heat is much better. It’s a much better heat. As the expression goes, you don’t itch! Does anybody have a heater where you go and you scratch and — that’s what they want you to have!””They don’t want you to have gas where you don’t have the problems of the electric, and the source is plentiful. They’re much cheaper to operate. They’re much better. They work much better, they look much better. Sixty-percent of homes and apartments have gas heaters. He wants them all removed quickly. These people are crazy.”
Biden’s executive action would require replacing non-condensing, natural gas-fired water heaters with tankless gas water heaters by 2029, in a bid to address global warming.Watch the clip below via CNN.
