After Fukushima: a new dash for gas? Really?

[phantom power]

Yes Jerome, really :(

He then goes on to challenge the logic, but since human decision making is only peripherally about logic, I think his first paragraphs are a good predictor of what's actually going to happen - NG wins by being the least-offensive option to the most people.

The final outcome and cost of the nuclear accident at Fukushima are yet to be determined but the obituary of the nuclear industry has already been written, and one competing source of power has already been declared the absolute winner by the Serious People: natural gas.

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The theme is eerily similar: renewables are nice, but unSerious (not "reliable," too expensive) so we need to rely on the big boys. Coal is a bit too dirty to be pushed openly, so gas is it. Cheap, abundant, clean and quick to be ramped up. Case closed.

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