tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post4059351880218603764..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Back to the Old Nuclear Arguments–in a Good WayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-67043560528022480452014-02-14T19:48:03.514-05:002014-02-14T19:48:03.514-05:00Its up to the Federal government to help utilities...Its up to the Federal government to help utilities gradually transition from a carbon polluting energy economy to a carbon neutral energy economy. <br /><br />And this can be done by simply Federally mandating that at least 50% of the electricity being produced by a utility in the US or imported into the US come from carbon neutral resources by 2020 and 90% by 2030. <br /><br />A 15% sin tax would be placed on all of the electricity (carbon and carbon neutral) produced by utilities that fail to reach these Federally mandated levels. <br /><br />Such legislation would allow utilities to gradually invest in building more carbon neutral electric power plants over the next 16 years or to purchase carbon neutral power plants from other utilities in order to meet Federal standards and in order to avoid Federal sin taxes.<br /><br />There are already a few utilities in the US that meet the 50% carbon neutral level thanks to their production of nuclear and hydroelectric power.<br /><br />The TVA should set an example for other utilities by selling off all of its carbon polluting electric power plants and using that revenue to build more nuclear power plants. <br /><br />Marcel Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.com