You have read about America’s nuclear renaissance, and really, it’s an energy renaissance because natural gas and even coal are riding high on the wave of energy demand from artificial intelligence data centers. But the new generation isn’t coming online fast enough, and Thomas J. Madison Jr. explains why at RealClearEnergy.org, writing:
Nowhere is this more evident than in the American energy and mining sectors. The U.S. has an abundant supply of natural gas and other renewable resources, yet pipeline capacity, transmission expansion, and new power generation consistently lag far behind their needs. Unreasonable obstacles to permitting often turn routine infrastructure projects into decade-long ordeals. For example, high-voltage transmission construction, critical for power grid resiliency and the deployment of renewable resources, has nearly collapsed under the weight of prolonged and onerous reviews and litigation.
Action Line: Decades of Congresses and bureaucrats ratcheting permitting processes in only one direction—more difficult—have strangled the productivity of America, and need to be rolled back. Click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.
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