The UK nuclear sector offers a cautionary tale about regulatory overhead. One bidding process consumed £22 million and burned through 2 years—yet delivered zero operational reactors. When compliance and procedural requirements balloon before construction even kicks off, project timelines extend dramatically and cost efficiency collapses. Energy infrastructure that could scale quickly instead gets strangled by layers of approval mechanisms. This mirrors challenges across capital-intensive industries: bloated regulatory pathways don't guarantee better outcomes, they just guarantee longer delays. Whether it's power generation or blockchain infrastructure, markets reward speed to execution. When bureaucratic friction outpaces practical progress, nothing gets shipped.