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pfdietz on Oct 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The booming business of knitting together the worl...

Adding a transmission line increases land values in rural areas, since it makes the land more suitable for siting renewables.

eru on Oct 18, 2021 [–]

Maybe. Though NIMBYs seem to care more about volatility (ie variance) than expected value.

See http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.981...

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