Submitted by VegUltraGirl t3_zvlair in Maine
Nobel6skull t1_j1q2qxl wrote
Reply to comment by SeelieForest in How prepared are you for these long power outages? by VegUltraGirl
Maine can’t maintain electrical infrastructure. The rest of the country can. And the entire country is capable of maintaining our physical infrastructure. We just don’t want to.
SeelieForest t1_j1q9187 wrote
According to studies the infrastructure in America (ACROSS ALL STATES) is in a disastrous condition. Bridges at risk of collapse.... lead pipes in many many cities (it's far more than the one or two that make the news).... even our rail system is nothing compared to advanced nations.
In every single aspect we are living in a country made in the mid 1900's. What we have USED TO BE great, but now is just aging and decaying and there is no investment into the country anymore.
It's a night and day difference when looking at upcoming countries or more socially minded countries. They have high speed rail, massive public transportation, huge cities with the finest building and technology.... internet access that shatters what Americans generally have access to....
>We just don’t want to.
Exactly. Because of massive corruption all of the money is going to weapons contractors and health insurance companies and all sorts of other private interests.... while we end up paying more for less.
Who needs a robust public transit system or healthcare when you can instead funnel all that money into aggressive policing and massive police forces with tanks? Or throw 100+ billion into a proxy war half way across the globe?
It's a joke how much the American people are just letting this country be gutted. And all the politicians have to do is whisper "things could be worse" and Americans get on their knees and thank the corrupt oligarchy for fucking them.
eljefino t1_j1slbwx wrote
It's a con on our people that we leave the stuff you mention needing more of to the states to implement. The current situation is a moral hazard because if a state neglects its stuff badly enough the feds jump in and save them... so you get these shitty states that don't raise enough revenue to service their people, they get free money from the rest of us, and their leaders get reelected based on how "clever" they are.
chickenispork t1_j1q65c7 wrote
Bullshit. Just look at Texas and California. Get outta here with this horse shit.
Nobel6skull t1_j1q99td wrote
Maine power is the least reliable in the country. Worse then Texas. Worse then California. Take it up with your legislators.
chickenispork t1_j1qfq7h wrote
Edit: You are correct, maine leads the county in number of, frequency, and duration of power outages. I retract my previous statement.
SeelieForest t1_j1q9hmc wrote
Yup, every state has the same issues. In more advanced countries they put power lines under ground.... but in Kansas if the wind blows the power goes out.
We COULD invest in this country, but that would require doing things that isn't making some corrupt piece of shit rich. So instead let's just shove all our money at corrupt health care industry and corrupt internet companies and rail lines.
Oh? Rail workers want a single paid sick day? Fuck that, get the president on the line and crush them!! lol
Every single step we are fucking over the people of this country while things just keep getting worse and worse from decay and lack of investment. And instead of demanding anything better, the citizens smile and shrug "at least we aren't some random 3rd world country!!!". Always comparing themselves to the very bottom of the world to make themselves feel good lol.
Nobel6skull t1_j1qaj63 wrote
In Kansas 32 people have no power. In Maine 25,068 people have no power. Unreliable power isn’t a US thing it’s a Maine thing.
theora55 t1_j1quvd6 wrote
Maine got the storm after everybody else, and it was a doozy. CMP is inept, but not horribly inept.
Tacticalaxel t1_j1qea4m wrote
Corn doesn't grow tall enough to take out power lines.
SeelieForest t1_j1qb9qu wrote
A quick google reveals the reality.
Yes Maine has the highest frequency of outages with 3.9 per customer each year.
West Virginia - 2.8
Louisiana - 2.3
Alaska - 2.2
Tennessee - 2.2
Florida - 2.2
Montana - 2.1
Mississippi - 2.1
Georgia - 2.1
Oklahoma - 2
Is it AS BAD in other states? No. But experiencing blackouts multiple times a year on average in a range of states is not my idea of "unrealizable power isn't a US thing".
And that is JUST POWER, the infrastructure issues in America go far far beyond just keeping the lights on.
Nobel6skull t1_j1qcz98 wrote
You just proved that Maine is the worst state and then said it’s not the worst. That is a level of opposition to reality that I just can’t deal with right now.
theora55 t1_j1quyi1 wrote
I get Portland Water - safe, clean, reliable.
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