If we can build skyscrapers and highrises that can withstand hurricane Ian, why can’t we build our electric infrastructure to withstand?

Question

If we can build skyscrapers and highrises that can withstand hurricane Ian, why can’t we build our electric infrastructure to withstand?

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Answer 1

Estimates to fully replace and fix every problem in the US electrical grid comes to around 5 trillion dollars. Even the massive US defense budget was only around 700 billion US dollars in 2020. In other words, if we’re to to stop spending money on the military for a single year we would have less than 15% of the funds we would need.

And that’s just to replace the system we currently have. To fully disaster proof it would be an astronomical figure.