The Illinois Senate approved a measure on Thursday that would lift a 1980s-era moratorium on nuclear power plant construction. Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, was approved on a 39-13 vote. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.
I read the headline and thought, wait, this seems to sensible. What’s the catch? And here it is: “small modular nuclear reactors”.
Of course SMR’s don’t really exist yet, the United States doesn’t have any, there’s so plans to have any for 10 years, and there’s no plan for the nuclear waste.
Next, the Senate should pass a bill authorizing unicorn flatulence as our preferred energy source!
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
I read the headline and thought, wait, this seems to sensible. What’s the catch? And here it is: “small modular nuclear reactors”.
Of course SMR’s don’t really exist yet, the United States doesn’t have any, there’s so plans to have any for 10 years, and there’s no plan for the nuclear waste.
Next, the Senate should pass a bill authorizing unicorn flatulence as our preferred energy source!
Another progressive virtue signal!