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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by smileysteve on Friday April 28, 2023 @05:42PM (#35747439)
If you take the investment that is the infrastructure for gas lines (all underground) and do similar for most electricity then storms don't take out electricity and people don't die.

Best of all, the total investment and maintenance actually decreases.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by tomohawk on Friday April 28, 2023 @06:45PM (#35748070)
How about you get that done first, prove that its at least as reliable, and then start banning things?
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by greenthrow on Saturday April 29, 2023 @02:15PM (#35755547)
Other countries have buried their power lines ages ago, and yes it is as reliable as gas, more so.
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by nonethewiser on Saturday April 29, 2023 @05:29PM (#35757387)
But gas lines are already down. If it were as easy as you said then NY would already have no grid problems.
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