The Times recommends a change in how we think

 

According to this New York Times article, America and Americans thing too much in the short term, and not enough in the long term.  Given my concerns about climate change, I think this is quite accurate.  But they are more concerned with the political aspects of this problem.

How short-term thinking is destroying America

"Precisely because this is correct as a political diagnosis, Democrats must convey how Mr. Trump’s approach is more of a pyramid scheme than a plan. Cuts to research will starve innovation. Tariffs are likely to drive trade to China. Tax cuts will almost certainly widen inequality. Mass deportations predictably divide communities and drive down productivity. The absence of international order risks more war. Deregulation removes our ability to address climate change and A.I. Mr. Trump is trying one last time to squeeze some juice out of a declining empire while passing the costs on to future generations. Beyond the daily outrages, that is the reality that Democrats must contend with.

Mr. Trump is a 79-year-old strongman nostalgic for the past. His domination of the present is not permanent, but it is leading many Americans to live in the status quo he commands while ignoring where we are going. To overcome that reality, Democrats must mobilize people to believe in the future."

One way to do that, I think, is a marked change in how we generate energy. And I think the solution is a combination of small nuclear reactors and every renewable we can muster.  And deploying that for the next generations is long-term thinking.

Let's do that. 

Starting with small nuclear reactors.