Trump's energy campaign should focus on several key elements: Coal: a complete technological upgrade sponsored by the government in mining, transportation, and energy production with coal. A major flaw with coal before this was that it was using very old and dirty technology. As poor for its pollution as it was for its low efficiency. Huge room for improvement. Nuclear: also right at the cusp of improvement, seen with six different classes of new technology reactors that need R&D to get in operation. Called Generation IV reactors, at their current advancement they are expected from 2030-2040. But that timetable can be seriously accelerated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor Importantly, having smaller and less polluting reactors as part of the energy grid needs to be a major part of the grid upgrade that is also sorely needed. Even if one metro area gets a blackout, it should not cause a cascade that afflicts an entire region. Natural gas: There are ridiculously enormous reserves of natural gas in and around the Gulf of Mexico. These need to be exploited at a hundred times more than they are now.\ Current US NG pipeline infrastructure:
