Democratic Primaries

The fact is that old nuclear technology saved nearly two million human lives that otherwise would have been lost to air pollution.

That is, again, a fact.

Early on, in his first term, President Obama's nuclear energy policies were quite enlightened, particularly when Steven Chu was Secretary of Energy - a worthy successor to the role fellow Nobel Laureate Glenn Seaborg played with 20th century Presidents.

Unfortunately, with pressure from Ed Markey, post-Chu, President Obama appointed Greg Jaczko to head the NRC. Jaczko was another one of those types who thought that it was OK for 70 million people to die from air pollution every decade because nuclear power is "too dangerous." It is amazing that someone with a scientific Ph.D. was demonstrably unable to count.

This is precisely Senator Sanders' take on nuclear energy. He thought that the amount of tritium equivalent to what's in a wrist watch was a good reason to turn Vermont from being the only state in the Union that did not release carbon dioxide to generate electricity to one that now depends on dangerous natural gas based electricity.

He also thought it was a good idea to tear up pristine wilderness in Vermont to turn them into industrial parks for wind turbines serviced by diesel trucks.

I do expect far better from Joe Biden. Unlike Sanders, Biden has shown, throughout his political career, flexibility.

I'm also very interested in who his VP will be. Although officially she's an anti-nuke, Senator Warren is very much focused on following observation and analysis of facts.

Anyone who cares about climate change but refuses to embrace nuclear energy will fail. Biden is hardly anti-science, that's for sure.

That's a fact. Facts matter.

In order to succeed to repair the damage done to our country in the last four years, we will need a President for whom facts matter.