The United States is poised for a manufacturing renaissance. Now it’s up to policymakers to make sure that this country’s policies match our goal of a revitalization of manufacturing.
One of the keys to U.S. competitiveness is a pro-growth energy policy. To reach their fullest potential, manufacturers need reliable and secure sources of energy — a challenge that will only grow in the coming years.
Even with conservation and greater efficiency, electricity demand is expected to grow 24% by 2035. Manufacturers use one-third of our nation’s energy, so powering manufacturers is critical to powering our economy.
This is why it is welcome news indeed that four new power reactors have received their construction and operating licenses this year. Two were announced in February in Georgia, and two were announced in South Carolina late last month. Nuclear energy is a critical element of our current and future energy mix.
The article mentions we need a manufacturing industry. Why not revitalize the nuclear power industry and sell nuclear power plants world-wide as we used to do. Economic power sources will sell for hundreds of years.
Manufacturing solar or wind power plants that have to be subsidized to con people to buy them is not a good business plan. Let China get involved with this future bubble that will burst and have the U. S. get involved with nuclear energy sources that have real value.
While nukes are more expensive to operate they are stable sources of power. We need to dump Jimmah Carter’s ban on fast neutron reactors for starters. This will allow us to reprocess and reuse all those ‘spent’ fuel rods. Scientific (un)American had a couple good articles on this some time back. It’s worth reading up on. A mixed-mode supply system is the only thing that makes sense from both an engineering and an economic viewpoint.
Here is the pattern that emerges when I connect the dots that led to Climategate: http://omanuel.wordpress.com/about/#comment-35
Naked Apes frightened for 67 years by “nuclear fires.”
Would appreciate your comments. – Oliver K. Manuel