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I don't want you to misunderstand, I respect your opinion, h*ll I even agree with it, but I do not think you will see it happen for the reasons I have given. The best solution would be to create a new series of micro grids that would allow one to go down without bringing everything else down with it. I am not even sure that is possible in Canada. Most electicity companies in Canada are owned by the respective provincial governments. They are heavily saddled with debt because they have been mismanaged on a titanic scale. I don't know that they could finance rewiring the whole country. I don't know what the balance sheets for the US industry looks like but it may not be much better. (anyone know) The best solution for the US might be to require that Canadian companies run transmission lines independent of their grids to US markets as a condiction of market entry. One way or the other the solution is going to be enormously expensive.

No question it's going to cost a fortune to make up for the deferred maintenance and upgrading of our energy system. It has been ignored for close to twenty years, no we'll pay the price. It just "P's" me off that this President is going to get so much heat for this after Clinton did nothing at all over his 10 years.

"The best solution for the US might be to require that Canadian companies run transmission lines independent of their grids to US markets as a condiction of market entry. One way or the other the solution is going to be enormously expensive."

Since it appears it was an American utility that caused millions of Canadians to lose power, don't you think they would view your suggestion as a tad arrogant?