An Energy Decision in California

For a state so concerned with controlling greenhouse gas emissions, Ruth Sponsler is wondering why California isn't doing more to roll back its moratorium on new nuclear build:

At some point, California will be stuck between a rock and a hard place as it attempts to meet emissions reductions while at the same time providing sufficient electricity to meet the needs of its residents and information economy. California still has some time to do the small and medium-sized things first. Some of California's wind farms are in the range of hundreds of megawatts.

But, sooner or later, that state will need need thousands of MW of emissions-free energy. That will be the time when California will be forced to choose between hanging onto its 30-year-old nuclear power construction moratorium...or

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