As all energy experts anticipated, renewables never were going to replace any of the clean power lost by the premature closing of nuclear power plants amid political pressure and warped financial markets. Unfortunately, fossil fuel use, specifically natural gas, has increased to completely fill the gap vacated by nuclear, wiping out recent carbon reduction gains made by renewables. The potential closing of a few more nuclear plants in the northeast will increase natural gas use even more. But New Englanders do not want to invest in the pipelines and infrastructure needed to make gas reliable during bad weather. So a painful reality check may be on the way.

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