In this episode of This Week in Nuclear I interview Joseph Somsel, the author of “How Taxes Pervert Our Energy Choices”.

In our chat that lasted about 25 minutes we covered a wide range of topics including:

1. How favorably short depreciation schedules for wind have created a “gold mine” for investors, virtually independent of how much electricity the wind turbines produce.

2. How would nuclear investors benefit if new nuclear plants received the same treatment as new wind turbines.

3. How tax law have created massive subsidies for wind energy, but added tax burdens for nuclear.

4. A creative option for funding the industrial infrastructure for nuclear fuel cycling.

5. Comparisons of the lifetime energy provided by similar investment in wind and nuclear.

6. Who pays for new transmission line to support new wind turbines and new nuclear plants.

7. What do nuclear loan guarantees actually guarantee?

Show Notes for This Week in Nuclear are at http://thisweekinnuclear.com