This Week in Nuclear Episode #78 – MP3 FileIn this episode of This Week in Nuclear I interview Joseph Somsel, the author of “How Taxes Pervert Our Energy Choices”.
Our discussion covered a wide range of topics including:
- How favorably short depreciation schedules for wind have created a “gold mine” for investors, virtually independent of how much electricity the wind turbines produce.
- How would nuclear investors benefit if new nuclear plants received the same treatment as new wind turbines.
- How tax law have created massive subsidies for wind energy, but added tax burdens for nuclear.
- A creative option for funding the industrial infrastructure for nuclear fuel cycling.
- Comparisons of the lifetime energy provided by similar investment in wind and nuclear.
- Who pays for new transmission line to support new wind turbines and new nuclear plants.
- What do nuclear loan guarantees actually guarantee?
Be sure to read some of Mr. Somsel’s other works. Here are a couple of places to start:
John Wheeler
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