Duterte hopes next admin would consider using nuclear power

MANILA, Philippines --- Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he hoped the incoming administration would explore nuclear power as a source of energy, especially with the world now in an oil crisis marked by skyrocketing fuel prices as a result of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Shifting from oil to nuclear power as an energy source would be a good idea, he said on Monday in his taped weekly "Talk to the People." "We are not yet at this nuclear level, but I hope that the next administration would, at least, explore now the possibility of [shifting to] nuclear [power]. You know, oil is not infinite. It will end. Someday it will dry up," the president said, speaking in...

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