Calling Gov. Inslee a green governor is Orwellian. He is promoting new nuclear reactors (when Washington State is already #1 for nuclear waste storage, at Hanford). He is also awful on deforestation, a major crisis in that state. Specifically his administration supports burning forests for electricity and converting forests for jet fuel, which would accelerate climate chaos.

Nice marketing but it’s BS.

The Vox article on alleged nuclear debates contained numerous technical errors, not least of which the lie that using thorium to make u-233 fuel is less radioactive than the traditional u-235 path. (It’s probably even worse, a reason why utilities never chose that path.). The debate about new nukes is. a debate whether one is in favor of more cancer and birth defects, or not. I’d rather have less economic “growth” and less electricity use than more meltdowns.

As for buildings going all electric, this makes sense if one does not consider that fracked gas is the backbone of grid baseload on all three major US grids (west, east, Texas). Meanwhile, how many new buildings even consider passive solar design, or how many municipalities require such design to get a building permit? Virtually none.

But what do I know, I’ve only used solar PV since 1990.