Driving around town I am seeing a general lack of infrastructure able to support increased EV usage. ANC has nearly outgrown its transmission line capability. There does seem to be more integrated generation capacity to feed into lines, if they were to be built along the Railbelt (Seward to Fairbanks) but there are no plans for it. Yet.
As for roads, the ones in town are showing excessive wear and there is no plan or cash on hand to bring them into safe status. That could be related to present plague, economic downturn, and vexatious political nature of GWN. The commercial space vacancy was already rather high at the end of 2019. The recent upswell in empty storefronts has left orphan shops in commercial structures. No taxes gets you no public works. SEA is busily building out public transport, but doing very little to keep roadways in good repair. I saw the same damaged roads I drove on two years ago having gotten worse. Add to that the trolls tossing large debris onto cars on the interstates and city streets, and that EV is going to be rattled apart after having a chunk of cement lobbed through the windscreen. The municipal utility did string new high tension copper in my old neighborhood around 15 years ago. Too many transformers were exploding. Tree trimming is also picking up. BTW, the cash from the homestead sale dropped friday. I am having bad thoughts. Lucky for me, there is a dearth of vehicles available to invest in. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
