So I’ve been blogging a lot recently about Warren Buffett, and his imminent insertion into the MD power supply. Turns out, things have changed a bit: just this morning, Constellation Energy announced that it would instead sell half of it’s nuclear power to Electricite de France (EDF). Why, you may ask, do I care who owns what portion of Constellation Energy so much? Because who owns my power company has some say as to how my neighborhood gets its power (I buy wind, being a self-respecting climate organizer). This means that the folks owning a solid chunk of Maryland’s power are all about nuclear power – and not so much about drastically increasing their investments in wind, solar, geothermal, and other fun and innovative and new renewable solutions. Dance floor energy generators in every night club, anyone?

But seriously, this means that there will be even more renewed vigor in support of building a third reactor at Calvert Cliffs, despite all the problems the French are already having. Only now, adding insult to injury, the profits won’t even be going to a homegrown company, but one in France. Anda stronger push for nuclear power means less of a push for renewable energy. The way the economic climate is right now, there’s only so much funding to go around, and we should be putting every penny into building wind farms and retrofitting houses and building people-powered cars (think Flintstones)

and developing true green jobs that provide pathways out of poverty and… well, the possibilities seem endless if we stop clinging tight to old and problematic technology (PS, this includes coal) and really start thinking outside the box.

Want to take action? Join us in saying “Non merci” to French nukes in Maryland on Dec 23rd at Constellation HQ, 8 AM.