[P-40]

It usually takes a shock to awaken them from their torpor.

I thought 9/11 would do this. I remember remarking to a co-worker on 9/11, after we learned it was not an accident, something along the lines of 'they're back' and he found that quite insensitive. I guess all those years of actually reading the reports the FBI put out had made me expect such a thing. But the recent ban on liquids surprised me...seeing as it came a decade late.

I work a lot with Austin Energy, which is quite progressive...in the sense that they like actual progress...and since Austin owns a part of a nuke, it is fairly accepting of them. And our own Governor's fast-tracking of coal plants helped...as he knew it would. We will soon be the proud new owners of some new nuclear powered turbines. :)

[chimera]

I hope so. I am watching Exelon’s efforts with the Matagorda County effort. You’re looking at a 48% increase in electricity demand in Texas by 2030, and since there’s going to be an 8-10 year lead time in bringing on any kind of significant new baseload capacity, the time is now to move ahead with these things.