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Illinois generates more electricity from nuclear energy than any other state, accounting for one-eighth of the nation's total nuclear power generation. In 2022, nuclear plants produced 52% of the state's net electricity generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In contrast, coal represented 21% while renewable energy accounted for 14%.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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The article is mainly just a description of how things work at this facility. I learned a few things from it, and thanks to Wirepoints for linking to it. Obviously it isn’t intended as a complete analysis of energy policy options.
Solar is alright, but Nukes do it all night!!
Nuclear reactors are all over. I wonder how many are this well run?
Funny how all the ‘good eco’ energy solutions all come with all sorts of ‘bad eco’ problems.
Nuclear waste and contamination, dead birds, lost wildlife habitat and agricultural land, acres and miles of industrial equipment and machinery that wasn’t there before this all started.
And for what? More expensive and less reliable energy service.
@goodgulf Greyteeth – And what about solar and wind? Those have no ‘bad eco’ problems? Everything in life revolves around choices and making informed decisions. Something you seem to lack when it comes to energy policy…
Read it again Matt. Take your time…..