Power Lines

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

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3 statements about Power Lines, every show

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Utilities must manually drive trucks to locate broken power lines
“And when something like that happens, they don't know where the line actually fell. They know, like, on what type of power line it fell, but not specifically the spot. It actually often takes trucks driving through to see where these damages occur.”
Ryan McEntush Mar 27, 2024 ▶ 17:19 The Electric Grid, Explained
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Chamath: US law mandates $220B spent annually replacing power lines
“For example, we have to spend two hundred and twenty billion dollars a year to replace the power lines in America by law.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 19, 2022 ▶ 31:39 E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Reed: Three-quarters of US power lines built in last 5 years are low-voltage
“Three quarters of the lines in the United States that have, I think it's actually three quarters of the lines built in the last five years have been those low voltage ones.”
Liza Reed Nov 3, 2022 ▶ 54:44 Getting more energy on the wires

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