Because as you mentioned, you look at some of these European countries, they have environmental standards at least as good as ours, probably better. They have labor standards at least as stringent as ours, often tougher. And they are still managing like The amount of money it takes to build a mile of railway in Spain, for example, is a fraction of what it costs here. And that is a result of really not so much technical but political barriers here. The number of steps you have to get through to get anything funded, the uncertainty of funding. (17:08–17:15)
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