This is what i mean, as a republican, when i speak of ‘less government interference’. I do not mean that government should do nothing. I mean that government should do what plainly lies within its purview and ability, which is to create a smart tax policy.

You don’t mean that as a Republican. You may mean that as a conservative, but that position bears no resemblance to the Republican position.

It should then stop trying to pretend that it knows which solution is the best. That’s why we fund research at universities and facilitate entrepreneurship.

It’s also why we address large-scale infrastructure needs with large-scale government funding.

Your favorite solution, nuclear energy, requires huge amounts of government spending, at the very least to create and pay for the insurance that would otherwise be unattainable.

I’m glad you favor taxation on fossil fuels to represent their actual cost. That’s a great thing. But I don’t get why you think that subsidizing clean energy is wrong. At the very least, clean energy is a military necessity.