The fundamental problem with any infrastructure today is that
a) it works better in a densely populated territory,
b) but the more people around, the more NIMBY cliques to throw sand into the permiting process, usually abusing environmental protections to do so.
If the new Trump administration defangs NEPA reviews just a bit - and I see no evidence that the original intent behind NEPA was to delay everything everywhere by decades - it might help, but a powerful YIMBY movement would be even better.
a) it works better in a densely populated territory,
b) but the more people around, the more NIMBY cliques to throw sand into the permiting process, usually abusing environmental protections to do so.
If the new Trump administration defangs NEPA reviews just a bit - and I see no evidence that the original intent behind NEPA was to delay everything everywhere by decades - it might help, but a powerful YIMBY movement would be even better.