> 1. IMO and, I think, as this author would say, the electorate is voting based on bad information.

While I wish that were true (because then there would be a solution), I fear that people actually DO know but ... don't care ...

> 2. If the cost of a nuclear plant were lower, I think we’d see more projects despite the electorate‘s thoughts.

Solar and wind are incredibly cheap (way cheaper than coal), easy (and quick, as you can parallelize) to build ... but somehow that's not happening?