You can see in the chart below the dramatic fall of coal as America’s primary source of fuel for power generation. After the Obama administration hammered coal with new regulations, and new natural gas sources were found in shale plays across America, many coal plants were no longer economically feasible.

The other big movers on my chart are wind and solar, which have enjoyed massive subsidies and are growing rapidly as power generation sources in America, especially solar.

The two “Steady Eddies” of the American power mix are hydroelectric and nuclear. Hydro isn’t likely to grow much, given the obvious damage to the environment that damming up America’s big rivers does, and the lack of support for such a course.

Nuclear, on the other hand, has the potential to grow. If regulatory and permitting cost burdens can be reduced, nuclear power could very well see its renaissance, of which you have read a lot.

But all good things take time (like compounding), and in the immediate term, natural gas, and to a lesser extent coal, will probably feed America’s demand for power for artificial intelligence data centers.

Action Line: Read more about the nuclear renaissance by clicking the links below. And click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.

• America’s Nuclear Renaissance Is Being Driven by AI
• Will AI Cause a Nuclear Renaissance?
• Idaho National Lab Picking Low Hanging Nuclear Fruit
• The Gas to Nuclear Waste Power Pipeline
• Time for a Coal Renaissance?
• New Nuclear Pact Signed
• Is America Poised for Next Gen Nuclear Power?
• Generators Working Hard to Revive Dormant Nuclear
• Is Google Pioneering the Future of Nuclear Power?
• The Push for Small Nuclear Reactors

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.