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Samual Insull was doing a great job with rural electrification, long before FDR came along. https://www.masterresource.org/insull-samuel/insull-rural-electrifi

Samual 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 ago
Rural 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.