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“50 billion” to bury power lines

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“50 billion” to bury power lines

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Austin Texas Community@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

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This has to be the biggest batch of bullshit excuses I have ever heard. Gas, water, and sewer are all buried, but somehow burying electrical is “impossible”.

https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025/03/burying-austins-power-lines-would-cost-50-billion-and-is-pretty-much-impossible/

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10 months ago
I wonder how much $250 billion in liability insurance would cost Austin Energy?

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-24/estimated-cost-of-fire-damage-balloons-to-more-than-250-billion

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