On Monday afternoon, MSNBC host Geoff Bennett treated the oil spill off the coast of California as an opportunity to bring on Penn State University's Michael Mann and allow him to argue in favor of cutting the use of fossil fuels which the frequent MSNBC guest again questionably blamed for making hurricanes worse.
As Bennett filled in the 12 p.m. block for regular host Andrea Mitchell, he not only gave no pushback but even voiced agreement with the global warming alarmism of his guest. Mann began his analysis:
It's good to be with you, you know, but it is unfortunate the circumstances under which we typically speak with one another. And this is the latest reminder of the hidden costs of our addiction to fossil fuels -- our reliance on fossil fuels. In this case, this oil that's been released now covers an area larger than the city of Santa Monica...
He soon added: "This is really tragic, and it's a reminder of the damage that's being done by our continued reliance on oil, coal, natural gas, fossil fuels."
Bennett agreed: "Yeah. We should explain to our audience, I think most people who, when they think of California beaches, they just think of a pristine landscape. I didn't know until I lived there that oil refineries really dot the entire coast."
Concluding the segment, Mann tied in the Democrat-supported infrastructure spending bill as he reiterated:
Right now, we're having a debate in this country about infrastructure. Now, there's good infrastructure, clean energy -- then there's bad infrastructure, continued pipelines. These continued fossil fuel pipelines are leading both to these environmental disasters, but they're also leading to the burning of fossil fuels, the increase in carbon pollution. And here's the irony, the carbon pollution is warming the oceans generating more ferocious tropical storms and hurricanes.
He added:
And one thing we haven't talked much about is the fact that there were hundreds of oil spills in the wake of Hurricane Ida, this very powerful storm. And so the irony, the fossil fuels that we're burning are creating these more powerful storms that are leading to these environmental disasters. We have to get off of this path -- we have to transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy as quickly as possible at this point.
Bennett again agreed with his liberal guest as he then concluded: "That's yet another warning and wakeup call. Michael Mann, it's great to see you. Thanks for joining us."
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Transcript follows:
MSNBC Reports
October 4, 2021
12:39 p.m. Eastern
GEOFF BENNETT: Help us understand, you know, what does crude oil do to marine ecosystems? And how does that damage trickle down to humans?
MICHAEL MANN, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Yeah, thanks, Geoff. It's good to be with you, you know, but it is unfortunate the circumstances under which we typically speak with one another. And this is the latest reminder of the hidden costs of our addiction to fossil fuels -- our reliance on fossil fuels. In this case, this oil that's been released now covers an area larger than the city of Santa Monica...
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This is really tragic, and it's a reminder of the damage that's being done by our continued reliance on oil, coal, natural gas, fossil fuels.
BENNETT: Yeah. We should explain to our audience, I think most people who, when they think of California beaches, they just think of a pristine landscape. I didn't know until I lived there that oil refineries really dot the entire coast.
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MANN: Right now, we're having a debate in this country about infrastructure. Now, there's good infrastructure, clean energy -- then there's bad infrastructure, continued pipelines. These continued fossil fuel pipelines are leading both to these environmental disasters, but they're also leading to the burning of fossil fuels, the increase in carbon pollution. And here's the irony, the carbon pollution is warming the oceans generating more ferocious tropical storms and hurricanes.
And one thing we haven't talked much about is the fact that there were hundreds of oil spills in the wake of Hurricane Ida, this very powerful storm. And so the irony, the fossil fuels that we're burning are creating these more powerful storms that are leading to these environmental disasters. We have to get off of this path -- we have to transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy as quickly as possible at this point.
BENNETT: That's yet another warning and wakeup call. Michael Mann, it's great to see you. Thanks for joining us.
