IFL Science - Rick Perry, the head of the Department of Energy, has surpassed himself. Talking to journalists earlier today, he claimed that fossil fuels will help to prevent sexual assault.
During an energy policy discussion, he said:
“From the standpoint of sexual assault. When the lights are on, when
you have light that shines, the righteousness, if you will, on those
types of acts… fossil fuels is going to play a role in that. I think
it’s going to play a positive role.”
It’s a little difficult to try and work out what he means by this. Is
he trying to say that when you have lights on, the perpetrators of
sexual assault are easier to see? This is obviously true - but studies
show that it has little effect
on such crimes being committed. Either way, to use such a horrific
issue to tout the benefits of oil, gas, and coal is mindblowingly
strange.
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