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existing electricity distribution system: convoluted lines running helter-skelter, usually in senseless patterns, from house to house, often across open fields and thick woodlands that offer difficult access. Would it not make sense to redesign the distribution system so that the major lines run along public roads, and all lines are underground so that they cannot ignite fires? Might that not in the long run be more efficient, less subject to storm damage, and perhaps

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