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I have no insight on the ease of reconductoring, stupid or not. I do know that permitting a new transmission line route -- parallel to an existing route of ins

I have no insight on the ease of reconductoring, stupid or not. I do know that permitting a new transmission line route -- parallel to an existing route of insufficient capacity -- is severely constraining the further development of a known, existing geothermal resource. I was quoted a delay of 10-ish years for that permitting process by one of the higher-ups in the geothermal company involved.

mullingitover 3y ago
I heard somewhere that during the New Deal era, there was a regulation on the books that allowed the Army Corps of Engineers to file paperwork in the courthouse at 9am and roll bulldozers after lunch. It's a shame we can't bring that back. It would fix so many gordian knots of lawsuits that keep the US stuck in the 1900s.
- 7thaccount 3y ago
  Those gordian knots also keep the government from just steamrolling over your house and land in the time period of a few hours. Pros and Cons
- snapplebobapple 3y ago
  I basically agree but I also think one should be careful with this line of reasoning. The vast majority of nonsense in these cases stem from environmental law and a small minority of those cases are actually legitimate.
  - mullingitover 3y ago
    I'd rather we had a few bad calls on eminent domain cases and 25,000 miles of modern high speed rail, rather than 100% correct calls and the nearly zero miles of high speed rail we have now.
    - snapplebobapple 3y ago
      High speed rail solves a tiny fraction of the actual problem. Refocus on proper rezoning and build out of cities more like the netherlands because that is where the vast majority of the problem actually is. The city is also where the bad calls are thr most impactful to the human population
- sidewndr46 3y ago
  Why, so they can destroy even more of the US? My home stated was basically ruined thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers.
  - selimthegrim 3y ago
    Louisiana?

mullingitover 3y ago

I heard somewhere that during the New Deal era, there was a regulation on the books that allowed the Army Corps of Engineers to file paperwork in the courthouse at 9am and roll bulldozers after lunch. It's a shame we can't bring that back. It would fix so many gordian knots of lawsuits that keep the US stuck in the 1900s.

7thaccount 3y ago
Those gordian knots also keep the government from just steamrolling over your house and land in the time period of a few hours. Pros and Cons
snapplebobapple 3y ago
I basically agree but I also think one should be careful with this line of reasoning. The vast majority of nonsense in these cases stem from environmental law and a small minority of those cases are actually legitimate.
- mullingitover 3y ago
  I'd rather we had a few bad calls on eminent domain cases and 25,000 miles of modern high speed rail, rather than 100% correct calls and the nearly zero miles of high speed rail we have now.
  - snapplebobapple 3y ago
    High speed rail solves a tiny fraction of the actual problem. Refocus on proper rezoning and build out of cities more like the netherlands because that is where the vast majority of the problem actually is. The city is also where the bad calls are thr most impactful to the human population
sidewndr46 3y ago
Why, so they can destroy even more of the US? My home stated was basically ruined thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers.
- selimthegrim 3y ago
  Louisiana?