\nEntergy can’t keep Pilgrim Station up in a snowstorm<\/a>,\nnot to mention Entergy can’t keep the lights on during the SuperBowl.\n<\/p>\n\nHow about we stop shovelling money into nukes and spend it on dependable\nsolar and wind power instead?\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\nFinally! Kewaunee, Calvert Cliffs, and now Crystal River\npermanently closing say it’s time for Georgia to stop wasting money\non Southern Company’s already over-budget and increasingly-late\nnukes and get on with solar power and wind off the coast: for\njobs, for energy independence, and for clean air and plenty of\nclean water.\n<\/p>\n