Regarding climate change, Chris Christie cautions against abandoning certain energy sources, touts use of nuclear power

FREE. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO AS MANY TOWN HALL QUESTIONS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. WE’RE GOING TO START OFF WITH BARBARA SOUTHARD. THANK YOU. HI, BARBARA. FIRST OF ALL, GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF UKRAINE. APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO FOR US TO REACH OUR CLIMATE GOAL OF NET. 0 IN 2050? WELL, I THINK THERE’S A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I AM SOMEONE WHO’S IN FAVOR OF AN ALL OF THE ABOVE STRATEGY BECAUSE WE CAN’T DISARM OURSELVES ECONOMICALLY WHILE WE CONVERT TO CLEANER ENERGY. AND SO WE CAN’T HAVE OUR ASPIRATIONS OUTSTRIP OUR INNOVATION. SO MY BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS, BARBARA, IS, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA SAYS BY 2030, NO NEW GAS CARS. AND THEN I SAW A MONTH OR SO AGO GOVERNOR NEWSOM SENT OUT THE ADVISORY IN CALIFORNIA THAT SAID, DON’T CHARGE YOUR ELECTRIC CARS TONIGHT. YOU’LL CRASH THE GRID. WELL DONE. HELP VERY MUCH. HAVE AN ELECTRIC CAR. IF IT’S NOT CHARGED. RIGHT. SO WE CAN’T HAVE OUR ASPIRATIONS OUTSTRIP OUR INNOVATION. BUT HERE’S ONE THING FOR SURE. I’M SOMEONE WHO FAVORS A GREATER USE OF NUCLEAR POWER AND THE REASON I DO IS I’VE WATCHED THE EXAMPLE IN MY HOME STATE. WE ARE THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED STATE IN AMERICA. SO NO 9 MILLION PEOPLE IN A VERY SMALL LITTLE SPACE. AND WE HAVE GOTTEN 53% OF OUR ELECTRIC CITY ANNUALLY FROM NUCLEAR. WE DO IT SAFELY IN THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED STATE IN AMERICA AND HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER 50 YEARS. NUCLEAR CAN REALLY HELP US REACH BOTH RELIABILITY AND TO GET DOWN TO NET ZERO ON CARBON, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP WIND AND SOLAR. WHEN WAS GOVERNOR IN NEW JERSEY? WE WERE THE SECOND LARGEST SOLAR PRODUCING STATE IN THE COUNTRY. YOU WOULDN’T HAVE GUESSED THAT ARIZONA WAS FIRST. THAT’S AN EASY GUESS, BUT WE WERE NUMBER TWO. WHEN WAS GOVERNOR BECAUSE WE I REALLY FELT LIKE WE SHOULD PUSH THE EDGE OF THE ENVELOPE ON THAT BECAUSE OF HOW DENSELY POPULATED YOU ARE. WE HAD A LOT OF SPACE THAT WE COULD PUT THESE THESE, YOU KNOW, REFLECTORS ON AND BE ABLE TO GATHER THAT ENERGY. BUT WE CAN’T ABANDON OIL AND GAS. AND YOU SEE UP HERE IN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN PARTICULAR, THE LACK OF NATURAL GAS BEING ABLE TO COME INTO THIS, WHICH IS CLEANER THAN OIL, CERTAINLY CLEANER THAN COAL, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET HERE BECAUSE OF A OBSTRUCTIONISTS IN NEW YORK. AND OTHER STATES IS, TO ME WRONG. WE SHOULD USE ALL THIS AS WE CONVERT TO SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE AND THINK WE CAN REACH OUR GOALS. AND AS I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, WE’VE LOWERED OUR CARBON OUTPUT BY A BILLION TONS A YEAR FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS WHILE STILL USING ALL OF THESE ENERGY SYSTEMS. IF WE GO TO GREATER NUCLEAR AND GEORGIA JUST OPENED THE FIRST NEW NUCLEAR PLANT IN OVER 40 YEARS. THIS PAST WEEK IN IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, I THINK IT’S VERY POSSIBLE AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT VERY STRONGLY AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR S