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> High voltage inter connects are also more expensive

Aren't these paid for by the excess electricity that you've sold?

> Outside of Russia there are no transcontinental high voltage lines. The US doesn't even have a single energy grid despite being a single country. The European market is probably the most tightly coupled in the world and the inter-border power lines can carry less than 20% of most countries power demand.

Isn't this simply describing what the current situation is?



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