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Cheezoholic

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1. We need to go back to the Biden era on electrical infrastructure only more aggressive at upgrading the grid

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 01:39 PM

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The US electrical grid is one of the most antiquated in the world because it was one of the first. There are parts of the grid that are 100+years old. You can build a million solar, wind, nuclear, fossil fuel, whatever generating stations. Almost half of it is lost in transmission. Add to that the cumulative waste of electricity at the end of the line and the efficiency is just horrible. If we can even think about 1.5 trillion spent in one year on defense, well you get the picture. We're still wasting money and resources like we were the entire 20th century.

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