https://www.theverge.com/23920599/electricity-power-grid-report-climate-international-energy-agency
Governments and utilities need to add or replace the equivalent of virtually all the world’s power grids by 2040 to reliably keep the lights on while cleaning up pollution from the power sector. That’s 80 million kilometers (nearly 50 million miles) of infrastructure that needs a major upgrade, according to a first-of-its-kind report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) today.
Yes, this is a Climate Emergency!tm screed, but in fact, as we all know, the Grid is NOT up to the task of keeping the lights on while also replacing gasoline and diesel fuel for transportation. It's not really up to the task of just staying on reliably today, as things are.
Those big overhead power lines are always running at near 100% capacity. If they get too hot, then they sag and strands break. Reducing capacity. Then the strands have to be fixed. Often by two crazy guys in a helicopter. And one of them crawls out onto the cable and fixes it. While the power is still on. Special suit.
Are you kidding me? That's insane!