Spending that money on burying power lines underground, so that the power does go out every time it rains, seems like a better bet. i grew up in the US and it

Spending that money on burying power lines underground, so that the power does go out every time it rains, seems like a better bet. i grew up in the US and it was completely normal that the power went out every time the wind blew. After nearly 26 years in Germany i've experienced exactly 3 power outages: 1 due to a billing error, one to a backhoe error, and one unexplained. The difference is simply that the overwhelming majority of German power lines are underground, immune to weather. Fast internet means absolutely nothing if the power fails every time a breeze shakes a power line.