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Jake Auchincloss: “50 years ago Richard Nixon said we should build a thousand…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on AI energy equation, guardrails and competitiveness

Published | Video Starts at 13:39

No, totally. I think that's exactly right. I think their geothermal and nuclear are particularly promising. But we have to become an export powerhouse on these two technologies. 50 years ago Richard Nixon said we should build a thousand nuclear power plants over 50 years. Imagine if we had done that, what this country would look like in terms of climate, in terms of our manufacturing base for energy, in terms of energy diplomacy. (13:39–13:45)

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