Cross-Examination (DOE CWG, Pt. 2)

[Silence]

[Low Organ Drone]
[Single Kick — Slow Pulse]
[Muted Guitar Harmonics]

[Clerk]
All rise.

[Judge]
Be seated.

[Snare — Dry. Minimal.]

[Verse 1 — Examination]

[Counsel]
State your name.

[Witness]
Climate Working Group.

[Counsel]
Authorized?

[Witness]
Advisory.

[Counsel]
Under FACA?

[Pause]

[Witness]
We believed so.

[Bass — One Note Repeats]

[Counsel]
Public notice?

[Witness]
Limited.

[Counsel]
Balanced membership?

[Witness]
Selected experts.

[Counsel]
Selected how?

[Silence]

[Refrain — Whispered]

Department
of Energy
(D.O.E.)
Gee.
(Really.)

Could’ve sworn
this was policy.

[Verse 2 — Tighter]

[Percussion — Heartbeat Kick]

[Counsel]
Did you study feedback loops?

[Witness]
We reviewed uncertainties.

[Counsel]
Tipping points?

[Witness]
Debated.

[Counsel]
Sea level rise?

[Witness]
Projected.

[Counsel]
Accelerating?

[Witness]
Contested.

[Counsel]
By whom?

[Witness]
Members present.

[Bridge — Rising Tension]

[Organ Swell — Distorted]
[Snare March — Louder]

[Counsel]
Were transcripts kept?

[Witness]
Not formally.

[Counsel]
Public access?

[Witness]
Unavailable.

[Counsel]
Transparency?

[Witness]
Implied.

[Counsel]
Implied.

[Echo: Implied… implied…]

[Break — Guitar, Sharp Stabs]

[Counsel]
Was the report cited?

[Witness]
Yes.

[Counsel]
In reconsidering
the Endangerment Finding?

[Witness]
Referenced.

[Counsel]
To weaken?

[Witness]
To reassess.

[Counsel]
Reassess what?

[Witness]
Risk.

[Counsel]
Whose?

[Silence]

[Refrain — Louder]

Department
of Energy
(D.O.E.)
Gee.
(Really.)

Operating
off the record.

[Verse 3 — Names Entered]

[Low Piano Notes — Sparse]

[Counsel]
Dr. Koonin —
book titled Unsettled?

[Witness]
Yes.

[Counsel]
Dr. Curry —
“alarmism”?

[Witness]
Her term.

[Counsel]
Dr. Spencer —
CO₂ Coalition?

[Witness]
Affiliated.

[Counsel]
Dr. Christy?

[Witness]
Satellite data.

[Counsel]
Dr. McKitrick?

[Witness]
Economics.

[Counsel]
Common thread?

[Witness]
Skepticism.

[Counsel]
Of models?

[Witness]
Yes.

[Counsel]
Of consensus?

[Witness]
Yes.

[Counsel]
Of urgency?

[Silence]

[Final Break — Everything Drops Out]

[Counsel — Soft]
Did you consider harm?

[Witness]
We considered uncertainty.

[Counsel]
Did you consider delay?

[Witness]
We considered cost.

[Counsel]
Of action?

[Witness]
Yes.

[Counsel]
Of inaction?

[Long Silence]

[Final Refrain — Whispered, Layered Voices]

Department
of Energy
(D.O.E.)
Gee.
(Really.)

Court finds
non-compliant.

[Snare — Three Sharp Hits]

[Judge]
Stricken.

[Organ Drone Fades]
[Single Bass Note]
[Silence]

From the album “Account

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