<story><title>Maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/maps-of-american-infrastrucure/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>prions</author><text>As a Civil Engineer myself, I feel like people don&amp;#x27;t realize the amount of underlying stuff that goes into even basic infrastructure projects. There&amp;#x27;s layers of planning, design, permitting, regulations and bidding involved. It usually takes years to finally get to construction and even then there&amp;#x27;s a whole host of issues that arise that can delay even a simple project. Case in point: I was the principal inspector for a small pump station project, estimated two weeks of construction and it took just over 3 months.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s definitely room for improvement though. A big part of the issue is the mismatch between the private and municipal sides of the project. As someone on the private side as a consultant, it can be really frustrating to constantly jump through bureaucratic hoops that come across as massive wastes of time and money.</text></comment>
<story><title>Maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/maps-of-american-infrastrucure/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>AceJohnny2</author><text>Related, here&amp;#x27;s a diagram that shows energy flows in our economy, from the raw material source (oil, gas...) through the sectors, industries, and specific use:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;energyliteracy.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;energyliteracy.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(for example, most oil is for transportation, most of which is highway, about 3&amp;#x2F;4 of which is light-duty vehicles, which is roughly 50% cars and 50% light trucks, about 1&amp;#x2F;3 of which are to earn a living...)&lt;p&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fastcoexist.com&amp;#x2F;3062630&amp;#x2F;visualizing&amp;#x2F;this-very-very-detailed-chart-shows-how-all-the-energy-in-the-us-is-used&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fastcoexist.com&amp;#x2F;3062630&amp;#x2F;visualizing&amp;#x2F;this-very-ve...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;plus.google.com&amp;#x2F;+TimOReilly&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;DLcTGBpwZSF?sfc=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;plus.google.com&amp;#x2F;+TimOReilly&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;DLcTGBpwZSF?sfc=tr...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>