Why not Solar, Wind, Hydrogen or Nuclear Power? 

• Landfills ! ! !  None of these technologies can mitigate and clean-up the LANDFILL ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER already created that is causing continuous and enormous atmosphere pollution and land and aquifer contamination!

• Solar and Wind:  Solar and wind on their own cannot replace the energy derived from fossil fuels nor achieve "Net Zero" emissions and the reversal of global warming for generations to come. Solar and wind require vast tracts of land and rely on their namesakes to produce energy from locations that maintain adequate sun/wind energy levels. They also do not qualify as Base Load Power producers. That means they do not produce reliable continuous power. When the wind stops, when the sun goes down, the power goes down. To mitigate this, they require technology that doesn't exist today, vast energy storage.

• Hydrogen: "Clean hydrogen" is a utopic solution but is far off in the distant future. Today 95% of HYDROGEN produced in the United States is made by natural gas reforming, repeat, NATURAL GAS. That means the hydrogen in natural gas is extracted. It does not reduce demand for natural gas. It actually increases its demand. That's not "Clean or Green hydrogen" nor does it get us closer to "Net Zero" emissions.

• Nuclear Power:  Nuclear power is a technology of last resort; it causes considerable public angst; is too costly; cannot be delivered timely, 10 years minimum, but usually much longer; has the yet-to-be resolved spent nuclear fuel issue; and is still dealing with the "Oh my god, what if …" question. 

• • • The latest "Oh my god, what if …" question has been asked by the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station. How do you design a nuclear power plant to survive full-scale war? 

    • Remember the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? Three reactors are still in full meltdown.

    • Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Project Units 2 & 3 in South Carolina. Cancelled in 2017 after 9 years when the original estimate ballooned from $9.8 billion to $25 billion and completion delayed to 2020, 12 years total but, in reality, probably longer.

    • Vogtle Nuclear Project Units 3 & 4 in Georgia. After 15 years, finally finished, summer 2024. Cost has ballooned from $14 billion to over $34 billion.