“I hope some states will take the lead on this,” For Trump Administration Secretary of Energy and Man in Smart Glasses Rick Perry says. “If the federal government’s gonna make it so hard to get a permit for a, a small modular reactor, then the states needin’ to take this in tear [sic] hand. For instance, Texas, we own our own grid. We need to step forward, usin’ the 10th Amendment and say, ‘Wa, Washington, yer not gonna do this, we’re gonna take care of this ourselves and go forward with it.”
The rest of the nation–and Mexico–ask, “What could possibly go wrong given that the power grid Rick Perry talks about is in decrepit condition to the point that scores of people died during a cold spell? And who wouldn’t want a state government that doesn’t believe in government regulation to oversee the operation of a nuclear power plant?”