[David]

Another electric power generator employee here.

Nuclear, I'm all for it. NRG Energy, the company I work for, just applied for two new units in Texas. I understand that a couple of other companies are close to application for new units too.

Wind has its place but it has its problems too. Ask any grid operator what they think about wind power. How would you like a supply of electricity that can (and does) stop without warning? We have to keep gas plants running at low, very inefficient loads just to catch these drops in power. A few thousand megawatts isn't too bad, but much more than that and you'd have almost all the gas plants idling along just in case the wind stops.

BTW, the vast majority of gas and coal used in power generation is produced in the US. Unfortunately a lot of our vast coal reserves (some estimate we have 500 years worth) are high in sulfur, so we import some that has lower sulfur.