The measure signed by DeSantis would also launch a study of small nuclear reactor technology, expand the use of vehicles powered by hydrogen and enhance electric grid security, according to the governor’s office.
Got some whiplash at the end there after reading some of the most dumbass policies that’ve ever been written.
“We’re launching a study” is a classic cop-out. We’ve been “studying” hydrogen power for the last 30 years, with virtually no commercial applications.
Our development of nuclear energy in the US has completely stalled out, with the most recent project - the Georgia Vogtle 3 and 4 reactors - completing at 3x their original expected budget and eight years late. Along the way, the main designer of the plant - Westinghouse - straight up went bankrupt due to mismanagement and delays.
Wind power is crazy cheap and easy to deploy, by comparison. It takes less than two years for a wind turbine to turn a profit and new units can be deployed for millions - rather than billions - of dollars. We have thousands of turbines already in use and we’re prepared to run out tens of thousands more by the end of the decade.
This isn’t a good policy. Its do-nothing busy work for bureaucrats invested in the state’s legacy coal infrastructure.
I feel bad for the people who didn’t vote for this guy, but are stuck there and have to pay the price for these shitty decisions.
Also, let’s not forget that DeSantis can’t do anything unilaterally. A whole legislature made this possible.
Florida has a long and storied history of disenfranchising voters through criminal prosecution. Its the state with the sixth highest false conviction rate and a steadily increasing rate of Alford Pleas (aka pleas in which you assert innocence but do not contest a guilty verdict, typically on the grounds of legal expense or in order to obtain release from jail pending a delayed trial).
They’re also some of the most aggressive in purging voter rolls of elderly minority voters, they’re heavily gerrymandered, and they have some of the most rigid rules around participating in primaries nationally.
This has resulted in some record low turnout figures, most notably in the recent primary, in which only 19% of eligible voters participated.
Free Market!
