The West has not been able to build any sort of infrastructure for a generation [1]. It's not that we can't build nuclear power plants on time and budget, it's

The West has not been able to build any sort of infrastructure for a generation [1]. It's not that we can't build nuclear power plants on time and budget, it's that we can't build anything larger than a sports stadium period and we can only get over that by drowning it in money and hoping for the best. Green energy is great in this regard because solar panels are just roofing and wind turbines are just really skinny 5 story buildings. Hell you're on a website that exists only because no one is willing to do the type of R&D that build the tools we use in the first place (unix, arpanet, computers) so we instead outsourced it to people in garages and hope for something that works, or at least looks like it works and makes a ton of money before it crashes and burns (hi twitter!). https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/featured/infrastructure-investment-as-an-elixir-for-ailing-u-s-productivity-growth https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/featured/infra...