The U.S. is behind on many technology and infrastructure issues. I believe one of the biggest reasons is our litigious society. France gets most of their power from nuclear but the litigation risks are huge in the U.S. A court broke up the finest phone system in the world and now we are well behind especially in broadband. Foreign designed cars long ago passed U.S. innovation. Other countries are exploiting all of their energy resources and the U.S. sits on theirs while sending their money abroad largely because of the "green" idiots.
This decline must be stopped.
For us to go nuke, we first need legislation that will put a lid on the lawyers