Elon Musk: “In the West I think we have created regulatory gridlock…”

“… itself, but they're all like little strings that, like a million little strings that tie Gulliver down. So like each little string and then eventually the giant can't move. So In the West I think we have created regulatory gridlock where just almost everything is illegal. This is why they can't build a high speed rail. In California they spent $7 billion and there's a 1600 foot section is all they have to show for it and doesn't even have rails on it.” (13:27–13:37)

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