On: California utility to cut power to 27k customers to reduce wildfire risk

[Filligree]

You say that, but constructing infrastructure costs several times more in the US than in, say, Denmark. Why is that?

[jrobn → Filligree]

Phony free market infrastructure bidding.

[gwright → Filligree]

I don't think it is fair to toss all infrastructure in the same bucket but for infrastructure projects where there are US federal dollars involved, the Davis-Bacon act is one reason why costs are high.

TL;DR Labor rates are above market rates due to the legislative requirements.

See https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/08/31/union-wa... for one point of view on this issue.

It isn't clear to me if these legislative mandates apply to power-line construction though.

[rootusrootus → Filligree]

I would be interested to know where you got data on that topic.