The problem is that regulation, whatever your opinions as to its necessity, is going to occur to some extent. There's too much at stake (financially and power w

The problem is that regulation, whatever your opinions as to its necessity, is going to occur to some extent. There's too much at stake (financially and power wise) for it not to. And Congress absolutely has the ability (if not the requirement) to regulate at a specific level directly through laws. This obviously becomes a problem when there aren't enough engineers in Congress who say "I'm sure that looks nice from a political perspective, but research results / past data / basic physics says otherwise..."