My impression is that this is a PR push, designed to avoid having to invest in renewables, and let them keep on burning gas and coal, rather than something likely to come to fruition.

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      They’re talking about 5+ years on the new nuclear in these. And they haven’t done it before, so a 30% deadline slip is realistic.

      You can put up a lot of wind and solar in that time.

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        You can put up a lot of wind and solar in that time.

        Which needs a stable baseline to counteract lack of supply and/or a lot of lithium. And space.