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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by caffeine on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:12AM (#27050909)
You are assuming the objective is clean power.

But if the objective were to curry favour with as many people as possible, subsidising everything works better than leveling the playing field.

Everybody gets a taste.

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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by deelowe on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:17AM (#27050987)
Politics is like 25% solving problems and 75% a popularity contest and that's being generous. No sane politician would ever remove something providing a benefit until well after it's outlived it's usefulness.
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