Nuking the Stupid
Kevin McCullough
At long last — an administration that actually believes America can do big things again. One that understands energy independence isn't a myth, a meme, or a climate-cult hallucination, but a real national security priority and an economic necessity. And unlike the previous crowd running the circus in Washington, this administration isn't trying to replace physics with feelings, or swap reliable power for a windmill and a wish.
So it was refreshing — bordering on shocking — to hear Energy Secretary Chris Wright openly acknowledge that the Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office will "by far" prioritize financing nuclear power plants moving forward. Wright said, clearly and unapologetically, "The biggest use of those dollars will be for nuclear power plants to get those first plants built," speaking to the American Nuclear Society. Fox Business reported that these federal dollars will be matched three- or four-to-one with low-cost debt financing to accelerate deployment across the nation. In other words: real capital behind real energy.
Think about that. After years of being told we should fear nuclear energy — the cleanest, most reliable baseload power source on earth — we now have a federal government willing to bet big on what actually works. This is the polar opposite of the previous ideological energy commandos who thought California blackouts were a vision of progress rather than a cautionary horror story.
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