Dear Editor
That Kamala Harris is a supporter of the Green New Deal won’t come as a surprise to anyone. The Green New Deal, as we also know, claims that by 2050 the world, led by the US, needs to get to net-zero emissions. To get to net-zero emissions the US (the world, really) needs to drastically reduce the use of anything that contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, and it's a pretty good bet that petroleum products are among the top emission offenders.
Ms. Harris also supports fracking, i.e., a method of extracting oil and gas from deep underground with more efficiency and in greater quantities than is the case with more conventional methods.
Given these two positions, Ms. Harris, it seems to me, is in a bit of a quandary. Can she really, and honestly, be in favour of both—fracking and the Green New Deal?
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