Geopolitics
The Fatal Flaw: How America's Neglect of Transmission Grid Dooms Its Energy Future
US energy policy, notably the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, failed to prioritize the unglamorous but critical expansion of the electricity transmission grid, leading to a bottleneck that jeopardizes affordability, reliability, and climate goals. This myopic focus on flashy generation technologies, while neglecting the essential backbone of the grid, represents a catastrophic policy failure that undermines the nation's energy sovereignty and future prosperity.
