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▲ ethbr1 3 hours ago

Or revisit an idea from the 60s, updated with modern technology, and start series-producing large reactors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_Power_Systems

The current industry has a voracious appetite for power. There are a variety of solutions capable of cleanly supplying it (solar, wind, nuclear).

What's missing is the shared infrastructure investment and guaranteed revenue stream contracts to link the two. This is where government industrial policy has historically and successfully stepped in (e.g. shipyards, railroads, electrification, interstate system, heavy press, etc).

Hell, guarantee waived species environmental inspections as part of the government's contribution.