He’s the governor of North Dakota. He’s also a GOP candidate for the presidency.
Big deal, you say. Another small red state governor who is dreaming big.
I’d probably have said the same thing until I read this PowerLine post by John Hinderaker. Hinderaker points out that Burgum is not just governor of an energy state, but that he completely gets it that energy policy is crucial in the fight to the death we have with the leftists who are obsessed with reducing energy usage.
Hinderaker writes:
Why might this make Burgum a strong contender? Because energy is the most important issue now before us. The Left is trying to destroy our economy, drastically lower our standard of living, and turn our future over to the Chinese Communist Party by abandoning our world-leading energy resources, and instead requiring us to use idiotic “green” technologies that don’t work, will never work, and are controlled by the Chinese, who use coal to run the plants that manufacture our pathetic wind turbines and solar panels. All of this is being done in the name of “climate change.”
So true. Maybe someone who understands this issue so well deserves more attention than a candidate of his stature might ordinarily receive.