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Nashville is furious about power outages. Republicans say ‘woke’ is to blame. (www.nbcnews.com)

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The finger-pointing escalated this week as some Republicans argued that a major utility company run by Democratic appointees has “woke” policies on diversity and tree-trimming that are the causes of customers’ woes.

There’s bipartisan and widespread consensus that Nashville Electric Service, which serves the city as well as surrounding counties, mishandled the storm, struggling to mobilize enough workers and equipment to quickly clear fallen trees and restore service.

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[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why don't you guys, you know, bury the power lines?

Hanging electric wires from wooden poles is wild to me. They do that in some rural parts of Europe.

[–] thecaptaintrout@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cost, because distances involved with how spread out the US is. And because Capitalism of course.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 18 hours ago

It's about priorities, not cost. And to an extent I suspect it's about culture, too.

I'm not talking about how to connect distant towns to each other, that's done with power lines. But in one-family home suburbia it's easy to provide underground power as a utility. You've already got your plumbing underground, just add a pipe for wires.