@SeanAloysiusOBrien tyranny is when you invest money in new energy infrastructure, freedom is when you neglect your 100-year-old energy infrastructure to the point that it routinely ignites wildfires

@SeanAloysiusOBrien but what if one person living within view of the powerlines doesn't like the look of them so invents a medical reaction solely to HVDC power?

@SeanAloysiusOBrien There's spin and then there's SPIN

@SeanAloysiusOBrien BUT AT WHAT COST

@SeanAloysiusOBrien funny thinking about how a lot of libs in the USA want to eliminate input into building here (expensive condos mostly) but when China does it...

@SeanAloysiusOBrien The "when you use an umbrella in the rain, sparks fly out of it and your arm goes numb" thing does seem like something I might dislike, if the lines ran over my village