MLG’s strange/hypocritical approach to nuclear energy
Nuclear energy is having a bit of a resurgence right now for obvious reasons. It is widely seen (by many on all sides of the political debate) as the only source of electricity that is: steady, zero-carbon, and can be implemented at a reasonable cost. Conservatives like it because unlike wind and solar it is steady and takes up less space than wind farms and solar fields while some (not all) environmentalists are willing to admit that wind and solar can’t fulfill our energy needs.
Which leads us to three developments in nuclear pertaining to New Mexico and Gov. MLG.
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- Recently the Gov. touted a $1 billion investment from a company called Pacific Solar which is planning to build a research and manufacturing facility in Albuquerque. We have concerns about the subsidies which include $9 million in State of New Mexico LEDA funds and $776.6 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds. There are also MANY reasons to be concerned about the viability of fusion as a technology which has not been implemented anywhere in the world.
- The Gov.’s “Energy Transition Act” passed in 2019 does include nuclear as a “zero carbon fuel” but focuses on wind and solar, not nuclear which is considered “non-renewable.”
- MLG just announced that she has “successfully” chased Holtec away from building a potential nuclear storage facility in Southeastern New Mexico. Had Holtec built its facilities here New Mexico would have been the beneficiary of hundreds of jobs and hundreds of million of dollars of economic benefits, without state and local subsidies.