Why the U.S. government plans to spend billions to keep money-losing nuclear plants open
The U.S. government is spending billions of dollars to prop up some money-losing nuclear plants, which it needs to stay open to meet its clean energy goals.www.cnbc.com
Yep, ignore all the noise. Follow The Money!
As we’ll hear today, the United States subsidizes the fossil fuel industry with taxpayer dollars. It’s not just the US: according to the International Energy Agency, fossil fuel handouts hit a global high of $1 trillion in 2022 – the same year Big Oil pulled in a record $4 trillion of income.
That's awful!
How much of that $1 trillion is the government buying fuel for poor people?