What Austin Vernon thinks about permitting
Engineer and investor who writes quantitative posts about how physical industries actually work — chemical plants, geothermal drilling, shipyards, thermal storage and the economics of low-volume manufacturing — at austinvernon.site.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Austin Vernon has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingMost regulatory delay is dead calendar time that could be cut without changing a single safety test.
Their wordsThere is a massive scope to reduce calendar time without even altering testing protocols.
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