Matthew_Nickash: Infrastructure needs to be a priority regardless of the current economic state. No infrastructure, We need investment in telco transport nets and especially power.

Jamey_Heary: For , a nationwide broadband initiative would help.

Curt_Monash: We also need a new electricity grid and Obama has recognized that. Turns out the current one can't handle small energy producers. And we need a lot of clean energy: wind, solar, biomass, etc.

Dan_Tynan: Yes. including thermal which would then fuel data centers.

Matthew_Nickash: There are isolated pockets of innovation but we need wide-scale development of these new technologies. It can't come fast enough.