The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution. A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energy, two reports found.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/climate/electric-grid-more-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE0.BJhq.elQW_isZGQfP&ugrp=m

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  1. The U.S. urgently needs every house to be self powered and every single appliance in the house updated to modern efficiency standards. Especially water heaters and HVAC.

    Hey, one can dream, right?

  2. *Wise on the unlock: Some post links to a paywall/signup that many skip.*

    US companies are so focused on profits-now, they lack the wisdom for long-term investing. This is why running any business to please greed-conquered insatiable shareholders is problematic; why any national utility needs to be 100% fed-government owned.

    But just replacing lines does not address the greater issues with the grid itself. It uses more power than any (other) 1 source on the continent; it poses fire risks that have already cost human life.

    *Rather than investing any more into the US grid, we could take that same money and put (the current overstock of) solar panels on nearly very building on the continent; then add to that portable wind mills; use geothermal where it is cost–viable; and most importantly, invent ways to use far less with hyper–efficiency paradigms. But inhumans cannot think in human terms; they are horrifyingly trapped in serving money. Therefore, it is all profits and costs, today.* ([Source](https://monkofyhvh.neocities.org/grid))

    [https://youtu.be/PNh6PO3aM4s](https://youtu.be/PNh6PO3aM4s)

    [https://theconversation.com/the-old-dirty-creaky-us-electric-grid-would-cost-5-trillion-to-replace-where-should-infrastructure-spending-go-68290](https://theconversation.com/the-old-dirty-creaky-us-electric-grid-would-cost-5-trillion-to-replace-where-should-infrastructure-spending-go-68290)

    [https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-grid-crisis-biden-administration-climate-policy-energy-artificial-intelligence-cfc10b68](https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-grid-crisis-biden-administration-climate-policy-energy-artificial-intelligence-cfc10b68)

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