Did someone spin a wheel of random policy ideas? Did this headline slip through from an alternate reality? Is this some ploy that sounds good on the face of it but which is really a devious scheme to turn it all upside down?

Biden launches $6B effort to save distressed nuclear plants

The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to save nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to combat climate change.

Yes, saving nuclear plants is a good idea. Yes, nukes are the best way to de-carbonize energy production. No, I don’t know why *this* President suddenly recognizes these basic facts. Of course I won’t *begin* to trust this until *new* nuclear powerplants start coming online.