President Obama Again Stresses the Need to Move Ahead with Nuclear Energy

Yesterday, in a speech

at Carnegie Mellon University, President Obama urged the Senate to pass the climate change bill, and pledged to find the votes to help create a cleaner energy future. Since the U.S. consumes more than 20 percent of the world’s oil, but has only 2 percent of the global oil reserves, Obama stressed that we need to cut our dependence on foreign oil – and oil in general – to save our economy and our environment.

He stated, “The time has come, once and for all, for this nation to fully embrace a clean energy future. Now that means continuing our unprecedented effort to make everything from our homes and businesses to our cars and trucks more energy-efficient. It means … moving ahead with our plan to expand our nation’s fleet of nuclear power plants.”

He argued that the success of clean energy hinges on the private sector – “if capital comes off the sidelines and the ingenuity of our entrepreneurs is unleashed. And the only way to do that is by finally putting a price on carbon pollution.” In a recent survey

 conducted by the Capgemini and Platts, uncertainty about regulation of carbon emissions was the leading concern for utility executives. Once rules are enacted, people can start to prepare and act.

UniStar Nuclear Energy applauds President Obama’s support of new, advanced nuclear energy facility construction and his dedication to a clean energy future.