I'm glad we're starting to take these energy sources seriously. I just hope we don't abandon Nuclear as the base-line relatively clean fuel to power us until we're done with oil.

On average over April 2022. Great propaganda piece for anyone who is comfortable having access to electricity most of the month.

Why are we moving away from nuclear?

Because it's 3x more expensive.

I would _like_ to say because it's still dangerous, and you also have to commit to managing the waste for thousands of years, which is costly and dangerous, but that consideration is probably not paramount in US politicians' minds.

Cost to taxpayers.

It’s politically unpopular to propose a 10-year public works project with very unpredictable budget unless it’s a highway.

If it doesn’t get cancelled, ratepayers pay for the power and a surcharge to fund retiring the plant.

Serial production stopped in the 1980s. The US lost the economies of scale of it's nuclear industry, so plants built after that experienced higher costs. That, plus misinformation about the safety and environmental impact of nuclear power.

You mean, the _failure of_ misinformation about the safety and environmental impact of nuclear power.

Because we have cheap, but unreliable sources to run. Will get reversed during first bigger blackout

> Burning coal and other fossil fuels like oil and gas has been established as the leading factor in climate change.

Coal, oil and gas. What other fossil fuels are out there?

> Coal, oil and gas. What other fossil fuels are out there?

peat

Wood, plastic trash, etc. Poorer people will use anything that burns for heating.

US could be a powerhouse in renewables. Tap into the geothermal from Yellowstone also and we might be seeing the solidification of permanent US hegemony