MidAmerican

For a guy who proclaims the wonders of our free enterprise system and is viewed as the wisest of investors, Warren Buffett apparently is feeling a bit clammy when it comes to his MidAmerican Energy Company idea to build a nuclear power plant in Iowa.

First, MidAmerican last year convinced the legislature to have customers cough up $15 million for a 3-year study of the idea of building a nuclear plant in the state.