Tunnel and Bridge Crowd

On the Times Op-Ed page today, Paul Krugman, on the left side of the page writes about the dearth of consumer spending and he wonders what will fill the gap to get the economy going again. His Op-Ed colleague, David Brooks (who I rarely agree with) answers him on the right: the next administration needs to spend heavily on infra-structure. He writes about transportation infra-structure, but I would add that equality important is energy infra-structure - alternative energy and the electric grid.