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My theory is that, because nuclear power plants are so expensive to build, maintain, and sanitize in the case of a nuclear disaster, wealthy individuals are not willing to invest in them. The cost of repairing the damages in the aftermath of the Three-Mile Island disaster illustrate this, along with the high cost of building and maintaining a nuclear plant even with government subsidies (Miller 390, 392). Politicians are probably also wary of the potential media and public backlash if they were to outwardly support nuclear energy. Coal is also likely to be depleted in about a hundred years at the current rate of consumption, in contrast to the popular misconception that coal can still be a reliable source of energy for 250 more years (Wald). There will most likely eventually be a time when we must depend mostly on nuclear energy before altering to renewable resources, as uranium is not a limitless source of energy. Read the full essay