To bolster energy security, the best U.S. approach begins with lowering unjustified regulatory barriers.
At National Review, Nate Hochman amplified Chris Barnard’s important Wall Street Journal op-ed on the changing global perception of nuclear power. Hochman reiterated the value that nuclear energy provides over and above alternative low-carbon power sources such as wind and solar, and he rightly noted that the resistance to nuclear in the U.S. is largely concentrated in blue states. He also added an element to the discussion over nuclear power, however, by implying that a transition away from fossil-fuel electricity sources is a national-security imperative.
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Jordan McGillis is a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute.
This piece originally appeared in National Review Online