Chris Barnard is a friend and the President of the American Conservation Coalition (ACC). ACC’s mission is to build the conservative environmental movement. He also serves on the Youth Advisory Council for the Republican Party. We sat down to riff on the state of 'Abundance' and Trump's Tariffs.

0:00 Intro
0:17 Who owns 'Abundance'? 
3:28 Why can't Liberal cities build more
5:29 Is environmentalism conservative? 
8:23 How NEPA stops America from building more
10:30 Why Austin can build more housing
12:18 The issue with Leftist environmentalism
17:33 Does climate change cause wildfires?
19:02 The conservative response to the Green New Deal
22:08 Is environmentalism good or bad for the economy?
25:20 The conservative case against American cities
29:08 GDP is not the end goal?
31:55 Infrastructure Act and Chips Act - the good and the bad
33:38 Manufacturing Comeback
36:01 The Tariff Debate - Free Markets vs The American 'Good'
46:10 How the RIGHT claimed 'Crunchy'
53:00 Tech Right vs MAGA Right
55:55 Innovation Debate - Christian vs Secular
1:03:08 The fate of the Republican coalition 

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