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by BurningFrog 747 days ago
They're not being built though. Not at nearly the rate needed.

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/transmission/the-us-is-...

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> not being built though. Not at nearly the rate needed

…according to “consultancy Grid Strategies and commissioned by trade group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG).” This is like the civil-engineering society perennially failing our civil-engineering spending.

That doesn’t make them inherently incorrect, in the same way that oil companies are correct that building more pipelines is safer and more environmentally friendly than oil trains.
> doesn’t make them inherently incorrect

Did you see a claim that seems to stand on its own?