Nuclear Power

On Tuesday President Obama announced government loan guarantees to begin construction of 2 new nuclear power plants in the United States. Like a broken clock that is correct twice a day, or the blind squirrel that finds an acorn, Obama is doing the right thing. We need more of those types of Presidential acts, and less big government programs.

While the far left Greenies will disagree with their messiah, nuclear power is a win-win. Consumers and businesses benefit from nuclear power. Nuclear power plants are the cleanest, cheapest, safest power generating facilities our current technology can support. We should be adding 20, not just 2. The Greenies will concede the cleanliness of nuclear power, but cannot get past Three Mile Island or Chernobyl. Chernobyl is a red herring. The Ruskies were never good at building anything safe. I really don't think they really try. Safety systems built into nuclear technology has changed dramatically since Three Mile Island. All nuclear facilities are now designed to shut down automatically without human intervention.

The United States is far behind Europe in building nuclear power infrastructure. Obama's act on Tuesday will help. We need more of that.