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by phendrenad2 1540 days ago
The AC/DC debate has raged for over a hundred years because each side has some merits over the other, but overall the differences are relatively minor compared to the cost of ripping up an existing AC or DC system and replacing it, or even switching to one system or the other going forward. PG&E isn't going to scrap all of the transmission towers they have on order just because DC might save them a few dozen watts.