Allysia Finley's April 23rd,2022 interview with Toby Rice CEO of EQT Corp. starkly contrasts his direct knowledge, facts, and figures with the fantasies of our Green Czar, John Kerry, noted in the same Opinion section ("John Kerry Says the Darndest Things"). Kerry burns jet fuel endlessly, flitting about instructing us that the blackened fossil fuel industry must die in 10 years, to be replaced with an as yet unestablished family of green energy sources. He provides no hard evidence, facts, costs, etc. to justify his fantasy. Mr. Rice's defense of reality in terms of current and future energy sources, costs, and benefits globally establishes what is obtainable in hard fact. Mr. Kerry prattles about U.S. failures and imperatives while Mr. Rice clearly defines who else is and will be responsible for future climate change. One demands we immediately molt the skin of our civilization, the other argues we are carbon caterpillars who can evolve in a timely, non-disruptive fashion into …
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