Great work from Gary Winslett and The Rebuild.

Before reading on, I already knew what the problem was: regulation and permitting.

America, and indeed much of the Western world, has self-regulated into preserving 20th century technology and infrastructure. Specifically, its almost as if society became frozen in 1970: risknprogress.substack.…

The relatively unregulated world of micro-electronics has advanced rapidly, but the infrastructure that underpins everything else, from trains to power plants, is hopelessly stuck.

The environmental regulations intended to clear the air, water, and reduce our environmental footprint are paradoxically forestalling our ability to reduce that footprint.

That’s not a good position to be in!