JD Vance

I think it's insane to try to eliminate fossil fuels.

That's kind of a belief that I have.

But it's interesting that the environmental movement in America, the only thing that it talks about is the carbon footprint.

And it never talks about like, oh, why do we have the highest rates of obesity in the world right now?

Why is it that American kids spend less time outdoors in nature than they ever have in the history of our 250-year civilization?

There's this weird way in which we get distracted by the fake stuff instead of focusing on the real stuff.

And I think there is a really very important environmental conversation to be had.

It was interesting when –

And one of the first things that happened when I was a senator is this terrible train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, got a lot of headlines.

And it was a mistake at the time that wasn't obvious.

They basically set off a few of the chemical cars, which I mean, if you see the images, it looks like a nuclear bomb went off.

in East Palestine, Ohio.

But it's putting vinyl chloride and all these other pollutants into the water, into the air, into the soil.

And it was amazing.

The environmental movement almost could not have cared less about a chemical explosion in rural Ohio that is potentially poisoning thousands of people.

But they were really, really concerned about the carbon footprint of those same people

I'm sick of the distraction.

I think we should focus on the real stuff.

And unfortunately, it's true of the environmental policy, but it's true of a lot of other stuff.

We just don't talk about the real thing.