Capability Broon's skills are now lost forever - despite the TV hype.
Even if they weren't, our system is now too geared to short term gain for that sort of project. Still, there are one or two places where socialist and long-term thinking hasn't been crushed by bankers- the National Forest in the Midlands is coming along quietly - a third of 200 square miles will be forested eventually. Midlanders will have calmer natures.