Obama discriminated against coal, nuclear: U.S. energy secretary
Source: Reuters
OCTOBER 25, 2017 / 6:35 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The United States discriminated against the nuclear and coal industries under the administration of former President Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said on Wednesday.
“Nuclear and coal ... Those two industries were discriminated against over the course of the last administration,” Perry told reporters at an oil conference in Cape Town, when asked about a U.S. government directive to support ageing coal and nuclear plants.
The directive would reward certain nuclear and coal-fired plants that store 90 days of fuel on site for contributing to the reliability of the national grid.
U.S. industries that rarely agree, including gas drillers and renewable energy producers, oppose it on the grounds that it props up “uneconomic generation.”
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-energy/obama-discriminated-against-coal-nuclear-u-s-energy-secretary-idUSKBN1CU1BO
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There, I corrected the title for you. 
Steven Chu (nobel prize, professor of physics & molecular and cellular physiology Stanford) Ernie Moniz (PhD physics stanford, professor of physics MIT, chair Dept of physics MIT, numerous patents for green energy, & 25 years nuclear non proliferation work) and now Rick “cement head” Perry?
Coal is over ….. natural gas is cheaper, cleaner, and easier to use. Power companies have spent billions switching from coal to gas. Nuclear power is dead in the water because it is too expensive, could be deadly, and we
still have no place to put the waste.
When a person has "discriminating taste", that is fine taste.
Nothing wrong with discrimination per se.
The problem arises when there is prejudgement, as in bigotry, racism, and sexism, or when it is irrational ("they might be gay! That would disturb my religious fundamentalism!"
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