One study (summarized here) claimed high voltage lines will need to double for renewable energy.
The US currently has 200,000 miles of HVT lines, so we'd need 400,000 for renewable energy. Huge installations of solar and wind power production need to be hooked up to the grid. In some places, windmills were built, but they're basically stranded because utility companies did not want to invest billions for transmission lines.
It's really interesting that the world is investing all kinds of resources into something that might not be workable and is probably worse overall than our current system.
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