Jane Fonda reprises her “No nukes!” lines from the 1970s, ignoring the safety record of, and innovations in, nuclear energy since then.
Three Mile Island is set to reopen and to provide all its power to a single entity (Microsoft). This frightens the neighbors.
This election season especially will favor those who promise help in hard times - and cheap energy would be the greatest help.
Green energy subsidies do not work, except to steer money toward unscrupulous system gamers and rob society of needed energy.
Germany switched out of nuclear power to try to reduce carbon emissions and ended up making electricity more expensive for everyone.
Natural gas burns clean, is most abundant here in the USA, and can provide the peak load to supplement a nuclear base load.
The market for nuclear energy is distorted, with plant owners addicted to subsidies and unwilling to find willing investors.
Congress passed, and Biden signed, a nuclear power regulatory modernization bill that still doesn't address unrealistic radiation standards.
So-called green energy runs counter to the very principles of conservation, and thus do far more harm to than good for the environment.
America needs a positive energy agenda, one that emphasizes more energy rather than less, and promotes sound engineering.