A point I'd love to see addressed further is the impact of existing extensive electrification on this comparison between states. In a broad sense China is about where the USA was when FDR launched the Rural Electrification Program in the 30s and 40s. I'd posit that China's or Viet Nam's or Bangladesh's massive growth in electrification is due to being late adopters of extensive electrification. Now being new to teh game they can take advantage of new technologies from the get go while the USA, Canada, the EU etc have legacy systems that work well and exist as part of an integrated whole.
Gents, this is one of the best things I've read in months. Great perspective here. Well done.
A point I'd love to see addressed further is the impact of existing extensive electrification on this comparison between states. In a broad sense China is about where the USA was when FDR launched the Rural Electrification Program in the 30s and 40s. I'd posit that China's or Viet Nam's or Bangladesh's massive growth in electrification is due to being late adopters of extensive electrification. Now being new to teh game they can take advantage of new technologies from the get go while the USA, Canada, the EU etc have legacy systems that work well and exist as part of an integrated whole.