re: #192 ArchangelMichael

Why would this be so? The inability for us to cheaply build consumer junk like IPods, T-Shirts, or unfortunately automobiles is not directly connected to infrastructure projects such as those.

As for the rest… problem? Not really assuming we can learn to live in the now and not pine for the industrial revolution. Turning back the clock to magically fix these “problems” is impossible and undesirable. We need to be forward looking.

We’ve invested almost zero money in researching nuclear technology since Three Mile Island. The one next generation test reactor was shut down during the Clinton administration.

We no longer have the ability to produce a reactor vessel. Any such thing will have to be imported from Japan, even with Westinghouse reactors. We lack the ability to produce one. If you want cites, ask me in the morning.