korrents

permitting

Can a rich country still build things? — the views on this, and who holds which

The review a project must pass before it can be built, and the argument that it now blocks more than it protects.

What people on korrents have said about permitting, newest first — 6 positions from 4 people.

FilterEveryone, all time
Who Everyone CHCasey Handmer 3 BPBrian Potter 1 DPDylan Patel 1 JCJohn H. Cochrane 1
When All time Past 1 yearPast 3 yearsPast 5 years
  1. DP

    Dylan Patel quoted

    Our readingGetting a data centre permitted in the empty middle of America is far easier than putting one in orbit.

    Their wordsAnd so I think people are figuring out how to build these things and permitting like I I just like ultimately like permitting and red tape in middle of nowhere Texas or middle of nowhere Wyoming or middle of nowhere like New Mexico is probably a hell of a lot easier than sending stuff into space

    ↗Dylan Patel — The single biggest bottleneck to scaling AI computeyoutube.com 23rd of 28 in this recording

    data centersAmerica

    Interesting
  2. 9 months earlier
  3. BP

    Brian Potter quoted

    Our readingThe binding constraint on building anything in America is permitting and litigation, not money.

    Their wordsPolitical costs and civic opposition will often make a technology unviable regardless of how the dollars and cents add up.

    ↗Why we stopped building subways cheaplyworksinprogress.news 3rd of 3 in this piece

    America

    Interesting
  4. 6 weeks earlier
  5. JC

    John H. Cochrane quoted

    Our readingThe binding constraint on building anything in America is permitting and litigation, not money.

    Their wordsEndless lawsuits, cost-exploding contracting requirements, decades to get permits, and more bedevil any attempt to invest here.

    ↗Tariffs, saving, and investmentgrumpy-economist.com 4th of 6 in this piece

    America

    Interesting
  6. 17 months earlier
  7. CH

    Casey Handmer quoted

    Our readingThe binding constraint on building anything in America is permitting and litigation, not money.

    Their wordsYet solar development is hopelessly snarled by dozens of different development regulations which begin with the assumption that it will permanently and severely harm the environment unless proven otherwise, at exhaustive length.

    ↗Permitting Reform Or Deathcaseyhandmer.wordpress.com 1st of 4 in this piece

    solarAmerica

    Interesting
  9. CH

    Casey Handmer quoted

    Our readingEnvironmental permitting now causes more environmental harm than it prevents, because what it delays is the clean thing replacing the dirty one.

    Their wordsThe primary driver of increased impact, longer time scales before displacement, and catastrophically high levels of avoidable pollution is environmental protection regulations.

    ↗Permitting Reform Or Deathcaseyhandmer.wordpress.com 2nd of 4 in this piece

    Interesting
  11. CH

    Casey Handmer quoted

    Our readingDelay in permitting clean energy kills more Americans every year than the September 11 attacks did.

    Their wordsThe terrorist attacks on 9/11 killed 2996 people in a day of singular horror. Our ongoing indifference to regulatory inefficiency, considering only the area of green energy development, kills more people every year – more than 10 people per day, and that’s only within the US.

    ↗Permitting Reform Or Deathcaseyhandmer.wordpress.com 3rd of 4 in this piece

    energyAmerica

    Interesting