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Best_man23

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2. We need to change the narrative on clean energy
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:19 AM
Feb 2018

The right's pushback is always "its too risky" or (tin foil hat) "it will pull all the energy out of the sun".

We need to say the need to move to clean energy is a national security priority.

- Every solar and wind farm brought online means less fossil fuel we're buying from the Middle East
- Less fossil fuel purchased means less money to potentially fund terror groups
- Less fossil fuel burned means a cleaner environment and potential (over time) for less severe swings in the weather
- Less severe swings in the weather means reduced need to deploy emergency resources and fewer insurance claims

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries in the Middle East are making huge investments in solar and clean energy. If they're doing it, we should as well.

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