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The ONLY things stopping the US from building are paranoid environmentalist concerns and NIMBYs (even in the middle of nowhere, a NIMBY will surely appear to co
by phendrenad2 4y ago
The ONLY things stopping the US from building are paranoid environmentalist concerns and NIMBYs (even in the middle of nowhere, a NIMBY will surely appear to complain at the planning meeting, possibly because they want more cash for their land).
I don't think putting infrastructure under the ground is going to magically make these factors go away.
- julienchastang 4y agoThere was just an article about this in the WSJ today [0]. Indeed “citizen voice” is an important role in excessive costs as well as other factors including environmental regulation, and short sighted politics that do not align well with mega-project planning. [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/infrastructure-us-costly-explained-solutions-11658263884 https://www.wsj.com/articles/infrastructure-us-costly-explai...
- jonstewart 4y agoIn cases like this, I’d also include “the laws of physics” as naysayers with the NIMBYs and environmentalist paranoids.