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• toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Yes. I am also familiar with the technical challenges and cost of improving last mile electrical distribution to withstand hurricane force conditions where burial is not an option (whether because of a high water table or potential surge conditions, where equipment is suspended at a height above ground level on permanent scaffolding or pedestals). It is expensive, not impossible. It is a choice, and there is a cost. It’s cold, hard economics. The politics are whether to spend or not spend, and the outcome of that decision.
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  • toomuchtodo 2y ago
    Citations: https://www.marketplace.org/2024/07/12/texas-power-grid-houston-energy-hurricane/ https://www.marketplace.org/2024/07/12/texas-power-grid-hous... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544220300062 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036054422... https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/centerpoint-s-2-billion-resiliency-plan-means-19564891.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/ar... https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1558514 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1558514 https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/060624_GDO_LBNL_Duke_Energy_Florida_Undergrounding.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/060624_GD... https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/why-cant-texas-bury-electrical-lines/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/why-cant-texas-bu...
    • toomuchtodo 2y ago
      Additional citation: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-15/climate-change-leaves-world-s-electricity-networks-unable-to-cope https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-15/climate-c... | https://archive.today/m8xjc https://archive.today/m8xjc