I can only speak for electrical distribution and transmission, but we're constantly upgrading the infrastructure. Most of the projects I've been involved with are expanding existing substation to either add wind and solar plants or add new feeders from other subs to provide reliability. Very few of my projects have been upgrading existing infrastructure.
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USA is behind the 8 ball. Then lets talk rail and road and bridges....
Agreed. We've been in a brain drain the last 10 or so years since the last infrastructure build-out 30 years ago. Unfortunately, infrastructure design/work isn't highly regarded. Much of this is due to the fact that in the developed world, reliable power is taken for granted.
You have lots of problems in Michigan and you can't drink the water either. Most of NY is having troubles and I can speak to failures at Robert Moses Hydro and the coal fired plant in Barker NY as well as others. Indian Point is failing being a nuke plant.... I think your facts are wrong.
Barker gets 40% of their tax base from the coal generating plant there and they are bankrupt and went offiline. So.....
My facts are correct, but I can't speak to your particular issues as I'm not familiar with those areas. But to imply that nothing being spent in infrastructure is disingenuous at best.
Your facts are wrong since your view is too narrow. You don't see enough of the problem.
Transmission lines are one thing. So if you are talkiing just long distance runs etc then this won't help local grids much. Canada dropped their lines from Ontario over the Niagara River....
Transmission lines do help stabilize the local grids. Case in point is the 2011 San Diego blackout. One 500kV transmission line tripped offline during maintenance and the local grid collapsed.
Same problem. None of that helps local grids since any point of failulre can affect you and your home as does marginal elements in the network. They are not very fault tolerant. Your logic and architecture is wrong.
But then your final statement supports my view and not yours. Faults tend to propagate.
And wind and solar in Buffalo etc won't work. The wind farms are not selling well and the solar is a no brainer there... no sun and lots of snow.
Agreed. Wind and solar have their place and are not meant to replace conventional energy sources, merely displace them.