...but he doesn't haveta be.

He's the national security advisor.  While it would be nice if he was green, his primary concern, and the bulk of his experience and policy-making, will not deal directly with environmental issues.

So long as the science and environmental positions are filled with greens (and so far, they look okay, if not excellent), then that's the most important thing.

if he thinks our national security is tied to every possible energy source, as long as it's dirty and dangerous, then isn't he a risk to our national security?

Gosh, you would think the US Chamber of Commerce would heed the truth about costs of energy -- as in like including the cost of installation!   At least Bloomberg News cared to report on this this fall.  Nukes is the most expensive installation of all and hence the paucity of new installations.  The report's assertion about nukes being least cost seem to be focussed only on generation costs -- and remind me of a kid running round looking at the world through a papertowel tube.  Fanciful tunnel vision.  

And the Chamber complains about a "self inflicted wound" being of issue when environmental restraints hem boundless drilling.   No, it's in tunnel visioned analyses.

What does everyone expect from some double-dipping ex-military reprobate who has been whoring himself for the CoC, Big Oil and the military industrial complex ever since he retired? Funny, when he listened to the part of his oath "to protect and defend the Constitution" he must have heard "protect and defend the bank account". Peace and prosperity don't make enough profit for his constituency, whereas war and global instability are VERY good for bidness...and his bank account...and his 401k's...and his Caymen accounts...and...

The mellotron is your friend.

I used to be in search an rescue. We had to go out and pull people out of the woods in the worst conditions at 3 in the morning. "Be prepared" is not just the Boy Scout motto, in my life, if you don't you die. Google Hyperion mini-nukes. We need power that can't be interupted if the sun does not shine for three months like in Seattle winters. And it is 28 times cheaper than windmills. We need to hook them to underground power conduits, so windstorms can't knock out our power. I want all the solar and all the windmills we can build. If we never have to use the nukes great! But I want it there for these little things we call "national emergencies", like Katrina, like 911, like the Yosemite supervolcano, like North Korea sending missiles to the west coast, like China invading Africa, etc. etc. etc.

We need power that can't be interupted if the sun does not shine for three months like in Seattle winters.

Though not great for solar, the Northwest can benefit heavily from wave, wind, and small-scale geo-thermal and hydro power.