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[–] Dii_Casses 1 points (+1|-0)

Because every delay costs money.

All construction projects have wildly optimistic timetables that pretend delays don't exist.

The more red tape on a project, the more likely thing get hung up costing money without progress.

Trump famously displayed the 20 years of mandatory minimum delay periods that are the Federal approvals process for building a highway. Environmental impact reports and such. Which doesn't even include the state requirements. If it takes takes that long to pour asphalt on dirt, how much stricter are the regulations on a powerplant? Much less a nuclear one?

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

It Aldo includes new regulations that never existed when planning construction. That kills most of them.