Recent announcements by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft that they are dedicating billions of dollars to consume nuclear power and invest in the next generation of this non-emitting energy source will provide significant benefits to the United States.
Nuclear power is America’s largest source of non-emitting, clean energy. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, it produces 19% of U.S. electricity, nearly half of the nation’s emission free electricity, and “avoid[s] more than 471 million metric tons of carbon each year, the equivalent of removing 100 million cars from the road.”
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