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1. The requirement would be 13 GW had not Indian Point been closed for being...
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 02:42 PM
Aug 5

..."too dangerous" despite having operated for decades with no harm. Once again we "learn" that nuclear power is "too dangerous" and the destruction of the planetary atmosphere is not "too dangerous."

In Hochul's defense, she's not a Cuomo. She's called for new nuclear power in New York State.

Actually though the issue is not illuminated by using units of power, particularly peak power which so called "renewable energy" almost never ever achieves.

Peak power demand on energy grid on the planet generally occurs in the late afternoon and early evening. A zillion Mega, Giga, Terra..."Watts" of solar capacity might as well be in Botswana at such times.

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