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"how large America is" doesn't make sense here when the subject of the discussion is literally New York City

> At first I didn't really understand but then I realized this is America. Funding and maintaining infrastructure is not exactly a priority...

In the context of this sub-thread, we are talking about America.

Most NIMBY cities (like NYC and SF) today no longer allow industrial buildings (like for example power plants or refineries) in their city limits. So yes, "how large America is" does end up mattering because electricity and gas and everything else ends up shipped 1-2 hours' drive away.

Los Angeles gets a good portion of their power from a coal fired power plant in Utah.

They are looking to change that by 2025 though.

https://www.ladwpnews.com/ladwp-accelerates-coal-power-reduc...

I'd love to see LA get a GWHr++ energy storage battery inside the city limits. They could trickle charge at will and supply cheap power 24/7. LA could have the cheapest power in the NA this way. It would revitalize manufacturing.

Los Angeles kicked out their manufacturing a couple decades ago. They literally refused to issue electrical permits to upgrade manufacturing lines. After some years the plants became noncompetitive and employers left town.

Sending gas 100 miles is cheap, and sending electricity 100 miles is extra cheap.

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