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Bill Foster: “The obvious solution to that's to bury power lines, and that is hellishly expensive presently.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
The obvious solution to that's to bury power lines, and that is hellishly expensive presently.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Foster discusses the high costs of burying power lines as a solution to NIMBY issues.

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