We've got to reconfigure our thinking to the scale of the problem. We need to build big things rather than just be fixated on stopping bad things. Now, The National Environmental Policy act and other federal and state statutes are important, but to the extent that they're an impediment towards us making our clean energy goals a reality, I think they need to be addressed. So I'm pretty hawkish on permitting reform generally, and I have had some very difficult conversations with my friends on the left about the urgency of the moment. (01:05–01:20)
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