EVER since the Russian government, through its atomic energy agency Rosatom, first made its pitch to sell nuclear technology to the Philippines back in 2016, the Department of Energy (DoE) under Secretary Alfonso Cusi has gone to great lengths to try to convince a largely indifferent public that nuclear power is the magical key to the Philippines’ energy future. This effort descended to ludicrous depths last week with Cusi’s pronouncement that 79 percent of Filipinos would support the use of nuclear energy if the President told them to.
Ben Kritz