CDUB98 said:Quote:
And no, nothing have been proven wrong on costs. You've and others have made up nonsense and general statements that we all know aren't true.
And this, my friends, is called cognitive dissonance.
How much longer will you be waiting on the generac installation?
You're gonna spend $15-20k.
Speaking of which...lets do some basic math.
Per this article: https://www.khou.com/article/news/news-explainers/the-why/houston-power-lines-buried-why-not/285-fc0cf7a6-50e5-497f-96c9-065c0e01c33b#:~:text=The%20company%20found%20it%20would,make%20its%20way%20to%20customers.
Its $2.5 million/mile and 28,000 miles of overhead infrastructure or $70 billion total. No one believes we need to do 100% of the infrastructure, but lets use that as worst case. It would cost each house hold roughly $25,000 or roughly the cost of your generac. That's worst case, and not a realistic scenario.
But then we get to the more obvious answer and note that a bond paid back over years will easily cover that.
Plus we all agree we don't need to do 100% of the infrastructure and the $2.5 million estimate is out of California, and is likely inflated because of that.
And all this math is before we factor in the economic losses to businesses, and people who can't work. Plus the chaos this is causing at hospitals and people who will die from this. That number becomes even more palatable then.
So we land saying, yes it's expensive, but not beyond what people like you are paying just to have standby.
Can it be recouped without major changes to our utilities? I would bet so.
