Jon Stewart Talks Cap And Trade, Interviews Energy Secretary Chu

Jon Stewart Talks Cap And Trade, Interviews Energy Secretary Chu

On Tuesday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart dedicated the program to talking about climate change, and The Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill. He immediately got so bored that he fell asleep into a cream pie:

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In a hilarious summary of the legislative process and the ways in which the "Cap'n Trade" superhero has lost all his powers, he closed with: "Cap'n trade, naked bruised and humiliated, is off to the senate to get Skullf**cked."

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Stewart then interviews Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and asks him tough questions like how he handles climate change deniers: "As a scientist, can you physically when you get angry, bust out of your clothes and get really big and destroy them as The Incredible Secretary Chu?"

Stewart then exclaims: "You're the first Cabinet member I've met from the Obama Administration that seems alive! "

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The Secretary also talks about the potential climate benefits of his proposal to paint roofs and streets white, which we at HuffPost Green are big fans of.

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