President Obama talks about respecting science. He doesn’t respect it so well when he says things like this:
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Obama is conflating two very different ratios here. One represents the amount of oil we use as a share of what the world uses; the other has to do with proven reserves. Obama’s sleight of hand is to use the two interchangeably, and he’s just wrong to do so.
By using faulty math, Obama implies that we produce less than 20 percent of the oil we use. In fact, the number is 49 percent, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Another thing Obama fails to respect is personal choice in automobiles. You would think that someone with two children would appreciate the fact that not everyone can drive a two-door stick shift, but he doesn’t get it. This incredible exchange, between Obama and one of the many big-family victims of liberals’ fuel efficiency rules, demonstrates it:
The President of the United States, showcasing the ignorance and arrogance of environmentalist central planners.
