...more important than a primary position is a free and open mind.
The so called "Green New Deal" is more popular nonsense.
The de rigueur opposition to nuclear energy on the left represents our answer to creationism on the far right. It is ignorant and appalling actually since climate change is very real and is a far more critical issue than even we on the left actually understand.
Unfortunately, we, like them, can buy into rote dogma. That is what the Green New Deal is, rote dogma. It has experimentally been shown to be unworkable, and in fact, destructive in places ideas like it have been employed.
A candidate espousing views like mine will not get the nomination. What I am hoping for is that our nominee will show the same flexibility of mind that President Obama showed. I thought his energy policies as stated in the primary season in 2008 were awful, and I supported with caveats, Ms. Rodham Clinton then.
In office, he worked to restart nuclear power plant construction.
Mr. Yang has bought into the thorium cycle, which is just OK with me, but shows he is at least paying attention. My primary vote will not matter, since the nominee will have been decided before the NJ primary takes place.
Any President who practically attempts the Green New Deal will fail to address climate change. That's a fact. Facts matter.
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