[Gud]

I work in the energy sector for a manufacturer you’ve definitely heard of.

The USA is ahead in certain industries, mostly information technology, but decades behind in others.

Literally, you have technology most of Europe moved away from in the 80s(air insulated HV switchgear), where most of Europe now mostly builds gas insulated switchgear.

Europa has a GDP on par with the USA. Honestly what do people think the product is, wine and cheese?

[dzhiurgis]

> Europa has a GDP on par with the USA.

Nearly double per capita. That's not "on par", that's miles away.

> gas insulated HV switchgear

Air is a gas ;)

How much if this has to do with most lines in Europe going underground because high housing density?

I know for many power outages are unheard of, while for some are normal. People don't realize that in suburbs or exurbs that are popular in US power lines are simply overground and very susceptible to bad weather.

[Gud]

I don’t know the ratio, cables vs overhead lines, but overhead lines are very common in Europe as well.

I deliberately didn’t use GDP per capita as it’s a flawed measurement.

Have a look at these lists, not many US cities qualify.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_quality_of_life_indices

So you can take your GDP per capita, that’s skewed to the rich anyway, and I’ll take my happiness.

[dzhiurgis]

> So you can take your GDP per capita, that’s skewed to the rich anyway, and I’ll take my happiness.

Hows those grapes? Are they sour?