I think my subsequent rants are going to much shorter.

Nuclear energy is expensive.
Wind is cheaper.
World Solar power growth is around 25% a year.
It takes 5-20 years to build a nuclear power plant.

Let’s say it takes 15 years to build all the nuclear power plants you need to offset Russian gas. Massive project.

With 25% growth a year you get a doubling of solar power in the world every 3 years. World solar power is around 25% of world nuclear power at this moment. So in around 6 years it should equalize it and then in another 9 years if like a miracle the nuclear output doubled in those 15 years, an amazing feature for it’s run course, it would still be dwarfed by solar.

And while wind is growing at a slower rate, it’s also going to surpass nuclear with ease.

This not even going to be a challenge.

What is a challenge however is natural gas. As unlike nuclear, natural gas is cheap.

But no, “Russian gas is evil” and therefor shall not be bought. We will only buy expensive frozen shale gas from the US.

This will cripple our economy, but let’s sanction the Russians and while we’re collapsing, blame everyone but ourselves for worshipping the US.

Because really, that’s our current politics right now.