[HN Gopher] White House announces $13B to modernize the US power...
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       White House announces $13B to modernize the US power grid
        
       Author : mfiguiere
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-11-18 21:10 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (electrek.co)
 (TXT) w3m dump (electrek.co)
        
       | chmod775 wrote:
       | So like 2% of the US military budget?
        
       | TechBro8615 wrote:
       | Is this part of the $300+ billion that John Podesta is in charge
       | of distributing?
        
         | mistrial9 wrote:
         | Podesta oversees the disbursement of $370 billion in clean
         | energy tax credits and incentives authorized by the Inflation
         | Reduction Act of 2022
         | 
         | --wikipedia
        
       | polartx wrote:
       | What's the running tally on $$$ sent to Ukraine before this
       | consideration?
        
         | melling wrote:
         | Weren't most of the weapons already bought by the US military?
         | Think Ukraine got the older Javelins, for example.
         | 
         | The US military budget is huge. Real world battlefield testing
         | of Javelins, for example, which seem to not be as effective as
         | thought.
         | 
         | The Pentagon is likely spending a lot of time analyzing the
         | war.
         | 
         | The Reagan Era Star Wars program cost a couple hundred billion
         | for a system that didn't work.
         | 
         | http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/reagans-star-wars-pro...
        
         | bwb wrote:
         | What is the cost of being able to not repeat ww2 by giving into
         | a dictator?
         | 
         | What is the cost of defending democracy as an ideal form of
         | government to ensure a better world for future generations?
         | 
         | Money and resources is a small cost versus what it could be.
        
           | abracadaniel wrote:
           | The ROI on stopping Russian expansion and crippling their
           | military has got to be insane.
        
             | bwb wrote:
             | Totally! The entire region is going to shuft as this is
             | realized.
        
             | losteric wrote:
             | Especially considering the human cost of blood sweat and
             | tears is "externalized"
        
         | PM_me_your_math wrote:
         | Ukraine gets more for government salaries than the US gets for
         | infrastructure.
        
           | bwb wrote:
           | Source?
        
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