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Originally posted by jogo
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That is Trump giving political favours and ignoring the fact that utilities have been turning to natural gas as a cheaper and cleaner burning option which gives on demand responsiveness like the other fuels. Claims of national security are nonsense since the US is awash in natural gas. A natural gas burning plant can be established in ever so much shorter time than a nuclear plant.One likely plan...would favor certain power plants in the name of national security. Those plants are owned by some of the president’s political allies in the coal industry."
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Nuclear already provides 20% of US power and retro fitting fossil plants with new PBRs is a fast and effective way to use existing infrastructure and it also potentially benefits Trumps fossil fuel burning mates - so that makes it more attractive to the influential set.
