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They're not being built though. Not at nearly the rate needed. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/transmission/the-us-is-building-power-lines-faster-but-not-

• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > not being built though. Not at nearly the rate needed …according to “consultancy Grid Strategies and commissioned by trade group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG).” This is like the civil-engineering society perennially failing our civil-engineering spending.
  • callalex 2y ago
    That doesn’t make them inherently incorrect, in the same way that oil companies are correct that building more pipelines is safer and more environmentally friendly than oil trains.
    • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      > doesn’t make them inherently incorrect Did you see a claim that seems to stand on its own?