John Kerry, who believes himself to be THE climate change guru, doesn’t like getting asked pesky questions about his carbon footprint. He’d much rather be asked about how dire things will get if we don’t wholeheartedly embrace wind and solar.

At Davos, Kerry confirmed weekend reports that he will step back from his position as climate envoy to work on Biden’s reelection campaign, citing the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from engaging in campaigning.

Kerry also addressed the fact that despite Biden’s ambitious goals for greenhouse gas emission reductions, the U.S. has reached an all-time high for oil production under his administration.

“It’s a policy necessity — you obviously can’t shut down the economies of the world — you have to try to keep the economy stable and keep the price low enough that you don’t have revolutions in countries all around the world because gas prices are $10,” Kerry said. “But that has to be accompanied by a very clear set of policies that are moving in the direction of this transition away from fossil fuels.”

I’m over here in the frozen Rocky Mountain region laughing about Kerry’s reluctant admission that oil production is still necessary. You know why? Because it is oil and gas that have kept the lights on across the country this week while we are in a deep freeze.