Great! Also, it's clear that some portion of anti-immigration sentiment isn't about jobs and income -- or at least has transmuted into something deeply malevolent.

>rent control, property tax control, down payment subsidies, and inclusionary zoning requirements all polling at like +80%

Everyone (rightly) concerned about the return of rising electricity demand should pay close attention to reconductoring - a wonky but consequential way to get WAY more out of our electric grid. A 🧵

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Good news of the day:

The federal government is shifting away from credentialism and toward skills-based hiring.

Why EVs are just going to win, in one chart.

Green groups will really be like 'you believe in permitting reform? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, only permitting the good projects' and then not permit the good projects

I've been here.

This is the moment in your life when you become a truly civilized human being.

“Unfortunately, Congress has thus far shied away from addressing the crucial roadblock illustrated by the Cardinal-Hickory saga: the litigation doom loop.”

⁦Arnab Datta⁩ ⁦James Coleman⁩ slowboring.com/p/we-must-end-…

The Cardinal-Hickory transmission line would complete a plan to connect 24 gigwatts of clean electricity projects to the grid. It has been blocked by an injunction for the second time in five years and exemplifies the 'litigation doom loop,' writes to Arnab Datta &

The permitting status quo is really bad

slowboring.com/p/we-must-end-…

Many years review times and heavy litigation is the result of a legal environment created by Congress, judicial rulings, and decisions made by federal agencies. We can not switch to cleaner and cheaper energy if this legal gauntlet is not greatly limited.

The rare pairing of an infuriating problem and a common sense solution.

Thread on Arnab Datta and James Coleman’s piece in Slow Boring 👇

Great new post in Slow Boring by Arnab Datta and James Coleman!

Excessive litigation is the heart of the problem with NEPA and many permitting delays.

And clean energy increasingly gets the short end of the stick.

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