“No poisoning people” is a good regulation, actually.
Efficiency and Abundance Lowering costs or shifting them? – Dylan Gyauch-Lewis and Revolving Door Project Apr 14, 2025 It can absolutely slow the building process and add additional costs. But the unspoken tradeoff is that we are more likely to—intentionally or unintentionally—harm and exploit people without it. What happens without these processes can be seen in projects that skirt them; in Memphis, Elon Musk’s xAI data center went ahead and expanded on-site fossil fuel turbines without a permit, and the community is now being exposed to dangerous air pollution and carcinogenic chemicals like formaldehyde.
I recommend getting familiar with this agenda – hopefully in an abundance of caution.
The Lever Apr 4, 2025 “Abundance” Is How Dems Lose To Trump – Ezra Klein’s new book is supercharging elites’ campaign to deter Democrats from challenging billionaires and corporate power. David Sirota We could pass all the federal permitting reforms Klein and Thompson could dream of, but if powerful fossil fuel interests continue to call the political shots, we’ll never achieve the clean energy build-out we desperately need.
Sounds to me like this abundance stuff is more invisible hand of the free market trickle down economics pushing goodies for business tyrants and problematic industries. Not a fan of this type of public policy.