Obama's hot air on energy

At first blush, President Barack Obama's announcement earlier today to set aside $8 billion in loan guarantees to break ground on the nation's first nuclear power plant in more than 30 years was highly encouraging.

And then I remembered that this is the same president and same administration that have vowed to close Yucca Mountain in rural Nevada — the facility chosen by the Congress after spending tens of millions of dollars to find the safest location in the United States to place spent rods and other waste associated with nuclear power generation.

More change you can't believe in from the Obama administration — hailing the creation of a new nuclear facility while closing down the one spot in the nation to place spent nuclear materials. Unreal.