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Britain has a systemic problem building large infrastructure projects, including reservoirs

Drawn from what Hannah Ritchie and Alon Levy said

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infrastructure Building the large physical things -- reservoirs, roads, pipelines -- and why some countries have stopped being able to.

Can a rich country still build things?under our view: Some countries have simply lost the capability, and it shows in the water and the wires Where does the energy come from, and what is stopping it?under our view: What is scarce is not the technology but permission to build

What they actually said

  1. Hannah Ritchie Data scientist at Our World in Data and author of Not the End of the World I think Britain has a real problem with building almost anything, from train lines to houses, and reservoirs to energy infrastructure. The UK needs to build more reservoirshannahritchie.substack.com · 18 Aug 2026
    I think Britain has a real problem with building almost anything, from train lines to houses, and reservoirs to energy infrastructure.
  2. Alon Levy Mathematician turned transport researcher It’s turned entire countries, like the United Kingdom, incapable of building more than about one line per generation. Meme Weeding: High Wages and Baumol's Cost Diseasepedestrianobservations.com · 22 Jun 2024All 4 korrents from this piece
    It’s turned entire countries, like the United Kingdom, incapable of building more than about one line per generation.

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