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The Rural Electrification Act and subsequent subsidies was very successful. Electricity is a compelling technology.
by suture 4y ago
The Rural Electrification Act and subsequent subsidies was very successful. Electricity is a compelling technology.
- tomohawk 4y agoSamual Insull was doing a great job with rural electrification, long before FDR came along. https://www.masterresource.org/insull-samuel/insull-rural-electrification/ https://www.masterresource.org/insull-samuel/insull-rural-el... Samual Insull was a hero saw the future of electricity and made it happen. He was hounded by FDR and died penniless for his efforts.
- suture 4y agoRural electrification greatly increased after the act. I don’t know the history in all this but one thing is certain. The act increased rural electrification and is an example government intervention increasing the use of a compelling technology. It may be the case that it would have occurred without government intervention and I won’t dispute this. But government intervention did greatly increase rural electrification.