[endymion-light]

I think you've stumbled on the core problem - it's a lot easier if you have the funding to be able to do all of those things.

xAI would have the capital and lawyers necessary to push it through no matter what. You can hire "independent" environmental consultants to allow for these projects to be made with enough capital.

The problem with the UK is that these rules absolutley do not apply to be big players, it's a case of stifling smaller innovators while letting larger ones get off scot free.

[sidewndr46]

I've personally seen the opposite where a government regulator hired an independent environmental consultant to document the decline of wildlife in a specific area. The problem was their findings were that the wildlife were actually doing exceptionally well in that area. The government promptly ignored the results and then stopped providing any further studies on the wildlife population under the logic they were never required to.