[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Obama is ignorant enough about science and engineering to believe that it would be successful. It is just as likely the result of incompetence and wishful thinking as malice. I suppose his thinking was that this was like the Manhattan Project: Some initial government seed money launched the nuclear industry. (Fermi built the first nuclear reactor for about $10,000, a lot of money for academic institutions at the time, but not for daunting for utility companies.)

Still I like the link heading in the linked article:

“EXPERTS SAY FIRST WEEK OF ‘TRUMP EFFECT’ IS DERAILING GLOBAL CLIMATE MOVEMENT’S ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’”

Talk about a mixed metaphor.

[Mogger]

On a small scale, generating steam to produce electricity this way might work. But still it is only when the sun is shining.

On a large scale we now know it's a bad idea.