(Letter to the Editor - Graphic Illustration/MetroCreativeConnection)

Americans are using more and more electricity. As our population expands, there is increased need for electricity. We are moving to electric vehicles, devices such as lawn tools are ever moving to battery operation, and the lists goes on.

I am a supporter of renewable energy, but hydroelectric, solar cell arrays and wind power cannot be built fast enough to cover our needs. In fact, renewables may never be able to meet the electrical needs of the world. If you want to see chaos bordering on civil war, imagine electrical power generation in America that doesn’t keep up with the need.

We would have electrical outages where you have intermittent power at your home, food at grocery stores is rotting, all types of medical procedures are shut down. We need to be building these electrical power plants now to supply power in the next 5-10 years.

There are strong forces that disavow these plants being powered from fossil fuels. I believe the answer lies in nuclear energy. These plants can be built and operated more safety now than any time in history. Fossil fuels plants operating costs are 60-80% just from the feedstock. For nuclear plants it is only 5-10% according to Chat.GPT.

Nuclear power can be the answer to our shorter-term electrical needs … our lives depend on it.

Robert Reeder

Vincent